Figurine

43393

From: Peru | Tiahuanaco

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 43393
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocara
Provenience Peru | Tiahuanaco
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 200 BCE - 400 CE
Section American
Materials Stone
Iconography Woman
Description

Figure of sitting woman, head missing.

Description from 29-143-14: Dark Grey stone, polished. Human figure with serpent attributes; arms in low relief have serpent heads at shoulder and hands, double-headed serpents on back and as belt; coiled serpents form the breasts. Base flat, polished; head broken away.

Height 74.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Samuel Mathewson Scott, 1902
Other Number 29-143-14 - Found in Collection Number

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