Carafe

Neck Sherd

40-16-345

From: Panama | Sitio Conte

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-16-345
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cocle
Provenience Panama | Sitio Conte
Site Name Sitio Conte
Culture Area Central American
Locus Burial 11
Date Made 450 - 900 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Human Face
Description

Large effigy neck of probably a very large vessel. Human face in relief. Painted purple around eyes and nose. Red mouth. Sepia scrolls on white on rest of neck, Straight handle from shoulder to upper neck. Flange rim over face. Also sherds painted with red and black designs on white. May be part of body.

Credit Line Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940
Other Number B11 - SW wall - Field No SF

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