Human Effigy Vessel
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: BUFF COLORED VESSEL WITH POLYCHROME PAINTED DECORATION. DEPICTS HUMAN FIGURE SEATED ON RIM AND NECK OF A JAR. BODY OF JAR IS BROKEN OFF. RED PAINTED VESSEL OPENING IS ON TOP OF FIGURE; HUMAN HEAD WHICH PROTRUDED OFF FRONT OF FIGURE IS BROKEN OFF AND MISSING. (ONE DETACHED FRAGMENT REMAINS.) LEFT ARM IS BROKEN OFF.FIGURE ALSO DEPICTS PROTRUSION ON BACK AND MALE GENITALIA. HANDS ARE RESTING ON KNEES. PART OF COLLECTION PURCHASED FROM JUAN GRATTICOS OF SONA, WHO ASSISTED ON EXCAV-ATION AT LA PITA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Veraguas Province, Panama, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364365
label: USNM Number
content: A552396-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm