Urn Shaped As A Standing Figure On Turtle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNKNOWN. IDENTIFICATION BY ELIZABETH BENSON (1975) AND GORDON ECKHOLM (1976). PURCHASED FROM JOHN A STOKES JR., MEXICO CITY, 1959. CLAY FIGURE STANDING ON TURTLE WITH HUMAN HEAD. FIGURE EXTENDS ARMS OUT IN FRONT OF IT. LET HAND IS BROKEN OFF. ELABORATE CLOTHING WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS, LOINCLOTH AND ITEM DRAPED OVER SHOULDERS. PENDANT AROUND NECK, HEADDRESS, DRILLED EAR HOLES. HOLE IN TOP OF HEAD. PLAQUE MOLDED IN BACK OF FIGURE WITH CURLIQUE DESIGN ON EDGES OF TOP HALF AND ANIMAL HEADS ON BOTTOM, ATTACHED TO TURTLE. RIGHT HEAD BROKEN OFF. MOLDED FIGURES ON PLAQUE IN PROFILE, FACING OUTWARDS, ON EITHER SIDE OF MAIN FIGURE. EACH HAS A HEADDRESS AND EAR ORNAMENTS, LOINCLOTHS, AND OPEN MOUTHS. THE HEAD ON THE TURTLE HAS ATTACHED FEATURES AND A HEADDRESS, THE TOP OF WHICH IS BROKEN. TURTLE SHELL INCISED. REDDISH-BROWN.
label: Notes
content: SEE SI ARCHIVES
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maya Style
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A552602-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Urn
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 35 cm