Accession No

1949.336


Description

Effigy jar with face on neck. Slightly modelled arms and chest, bearing white panels with black scrollwork. The rest red. Reconstructed using infill.


Place

Americas; Central America; Panama; Coclé Province; Sitio Conte


Period

Late Period Cocle


Source

Peabody Museum, Harvard University [donor]; Roberts, Henry [excavator]; Lothrop, Samuel [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1949.336; 33-42-20 / 1721 [Peabody Museum no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


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Events

Description (Physical description)
Effigy jar with face on neck. Slightly modelled arms and chest, bearing white panels with black scrollwork. The rest red.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Trench II, Grave 26. Excavated in 1930, 1931 and 1933 by Henry Roberts and Samuel Lothrop, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; the excavation season when this object was found is currently unknown.
Event Date 1930
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lothrop, S.K. et al. (1937). Coclé: An Archaeological Study of Central Panama, part. 1. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 7. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. p. 274 (no. 144)
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Maudslay Gallery, Case 46, prior to 1985.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Reconstructed using infill.
Event Date 28/10/2003
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:140582

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