Context (Production / use)
Norman Hammond notes that all the casts were made in MAA from the originals before they were dispersed to their final collections. Cast of the male musician was made from the original figurine, which is now held at the Belize National Collection in Belmopan. Cast of female figurine head taken from the original and is now in either Belmopan or the British Museum. Cast of the animal mould taken from the original mould, now in the British Museum. The cast impression taken from the original mould.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Hammond, N. (1972). Lubaantún and the Archaeology of the South Toledo District, Belize (British Honduras), Central America. Volume 1-2. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1972
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (References)
ammond, N. (1975). Lubaantun: A Classic Maya Realm. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Event Date 1975
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Z 40513 [A-C]: 'Three casts (one rubber, two plaster) and one mould, all new.'
Event Date 1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Z 40513 [A-C]: 'The rubber cast is of one of the plaster casts and is of an animal; the other two casts are of figurines.'
Event Date 12/11/2003
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Z 40513 [A-C]: 'Cast of a male musician with drum and rattle and cacao pod pendant. Cast female figurine head with elaborate hairstyle. Two casts: one of a mould of a squatting animal, as well as a cast of the figurine itself.'
Event Date 27/2/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Pigmented plaster cast of a male musician figurine, holding a drum and rattle and wearing a cacao pod pendant.
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal