Jar with bat effigy (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 600-1000
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Lempa River (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Justo Armas, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Justo Armas, Non-Indian
label: Expedition
content: S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition (1925-1926)
label: Expedition leader
content: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Justo Armas (of San Salvador, El Salvador); purchased from him in 1926 by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during the S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Foundation of hospital; San Jacinto, Hospital; San Salvador; San Salvador Municipality; San Salvador Department, Central Zone; El Salvador
setName: label: See related items
content: Lempa River (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/9791
label: Barcode
content: 149791.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Jar with bat effigy (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, clay slip, paint
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, modeled, appliquéd, slipped, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 20.50 x 16.30 x 11.80 cm