Figurine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jun 1985
label: Collection Date
content: 1949
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Matthew W. Stirling
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: WARE: MISCELLANEOUS. FORM: LIKE FIGURE DESCRIBED BY VACLAV SOLC IN "CHIRIQUI CULTURE". "SEATED WOMAN WITH LEGS WIDE APART. THE LEFT HAND RESTS ON THE LEFT LEG, THE RIGHT SUPORTS A CHILD AT THE RIGHT BREAST. THE WHOLE FIGURE IS VERY STYLIZED, THE HEAD DOMINATED BY A WEDGE-SHAPED NOSE WITH A GASH REPRESENTING THE MOUTH BENEATH. FROM THE SIDE, UNDER THE EARS AN OPENING PASSES RIGHT THROUGH THE HEAD. THERE IS ANOTHER OPENING UNDERNEATH AND AN IRREGULAR OPENING ON THE LOWER SIDE OF EACH THIGH."SLIP DECORATION CONSISTS OF A RED OR ORANGE SLIP APPLIED OVER A CREAM BASE SLIP.LINES OF RED SLIP ON FACE AND CHILD'S HEAD. TIPS OF WOMAN'S LEGS ARE ALSO PAINTED WITH RED SLIP AND POSTERIOR IS PAINTED WITH LINES AND A REPEATING CHEVRON DESIGN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Caisan Arriba, Chiriqui Province, Panama, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364365
label: USNM Number
content: A551854-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8.98 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.24 cm