Bowl

34-25-182

From: Brazil | Santarem

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 34-25-182
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Brazil | Santarem
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Ceramic (uncertain)
Description

Buff ware; on pottery stand which is decorated with incised arcs and punctates; three crouching human figures with hand on knees hold bowl on stand; body thickened by hollow coil from which project crested bird (?) heads in full relief, every other one of which has beak pointed inward; coil also decorated with bosses and incised vertical lines; neck with incised spirals and punctates; bottom of neck marked by fillet, top, by two incised encircling lines. From big hole (see 34-25-17).

Height 17 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Outside Diameter 17 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Purchased from John Mayer, 1934
Other Number UMP54.81 - Other Number

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