Figurine

60-14-74

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 60-14-74
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Jade (uncertain) | Greenstone (uncertain)
Technique Carved
Iconography Human
Description

jade? or greenstone, surfaces polished, back not carves with one hole drilled below the head, also present remains of felt, front carved into human figure, rectangular shape, head squared,features depicted by a series of horizontal or diagonal linear incisios, neck is wide groove, body is horizontl incisios, hands held with fingers touching in front of body,legs and feet depicted

Height 5.9 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Thickness 1.8 cm
Credit Line Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960

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