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2023.47.20

Pottery figure of a dolphin

2023.47.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery figure of a dolphin
Long description
Pottery figure of a dolphin or porpoise. The interior is concave and burnished. The exterior is convex and features the depiction of a dolphin or porpoise. It has a curled tail; a band near its tail and a band around its neck, each decorated in a crosshatched pattern; two lines for a mouth, and a long, curly line coming out of each side of its eye, possibly eyelashes or eye liner. The animal is outlined by two lines.
Person
Other owner Gabriel Ycaza
Field collector John Robin Colson
PRM source Audrey Butt Colson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1978
Date collected
1978
Acquisition information
Donated: 2023
Materials and processes
Material Terracotta Pottery, Process Handbuilt, Process Burnished
Dimensions
Length x Width x Height 25 x 75 x 112 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2023.47.20

Search terms: Figure, Pottery, Animal Figure

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