Effigy Vessel
Neck Sherd
40-16-168
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 40-16-168 |
| 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 |
| Description | Large human effigy neck, probably of a large jar. Shape of a head with face in relief. 2 lugs representing ears. Neck painted white with red eyebrows. Purple mouth. Narrow orifice. Neck is complete. Neck not marked. Paper with neck marked B11, 96 (it could be 95). Neck will be numbered B11-96. See: Field card: T2. B11, card #18: "95 and 96. No bag. See: R.H. Merrill's field notes, p. 97, for location of #96 in B11. |
| Height | 9.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number | B11 - 96 - Field No SF |
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