Figurine

34-27-3

From: West Indies | Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata | Santo Domingo (West Indies)

Curatorial Section: American

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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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