Figurine
34-27-3
From: West Indies | Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata | Santo Domingo (West Indies)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 34-27-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Taino |
Provenience | West Indies | Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata | Santo Domingo (West Indies) |
Culture Area | Caribbean |
Locus | In a cave just back of Puerta Plata |
Section | American |
Materials | Shell |
Description | Man standing. Arms bent at elbow, hands in front, holding cup? Belt ornately patterned; legs with herring-bone design down front. All delicately incised lines filled with color. Found broken in two in a small higuera or gourd. |
Height | 0.476 cm |
Length | 4.13 cm |
Width | 0.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Arthur D. MacCoy, 1934 |
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