Cast of stone or ceramic head, depicting human head with intricate hair decoration. [IL [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cast of stone or ceramic head, depicting human head with intricate hair decoration. [IL [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
Long description: Cast of stone or ceramic head, depicting human head with intricate hair decoration. Depicted with a high forehead, and hair arranged into a horizontal coif at the top of the head with a central parting, and side-locks on either side of the face. Wearing earrings, and has defined facial features. [IL [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Belize
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Belize; South Toledo District Lubaantun
Person: Field collector Norman David Curle Hammond; PRM source Norman David Curle Hammond
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1970 Archaeological period: Maya
Date collected: January - May 1970
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1972
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Cast
Dimensions: Width: max 47 mm, Depth: max 24 mm, Height: max 57 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1972.25.160
Associated publications: Hammond, N. 1975 Lubaantun, a classic Maya realm. Cambridge (Mass.): Peabody Museum of Archaeology. See also article in Antiquity XLIV, 216-223.

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