Accession No
1955.47 B.1
Description
Buff ware projecting anthropozoomorphic adorno, possibly depicting a fish head. Round and hollow, with features in relief including: bifid ears, one half incised with lines and the other with a circle; long eyes with round pupils; a round nose and a horizontal mouth. There is a pierced hole below the mouth. Trace of red slip, with pencil drawn along the mouth.
Place
Americas; South America; Brazil; Pará; Santarém
Period
Incised and Punctate Horizon Santarem
Source
Ashton, Peter Shaw [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1955.47 B.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
68mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1955.47 A-B: 'Three pottery adornos of buff ware with traces of red paint, of rotund form. A. is solid, maybe a manatee head, B. is hollow, possibly grotesque human. C. is hollow, grotesque animal.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Surface collection. Collected by Peter Shaw Ashton, University of Cambridge Amazon Expedition 1954.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa
Context (References)
Ashton, P.S. (1955). ‘To The Mountains of the Moon’. The Eagle, vol. LVI, no. 246. pp. 161-164
Event Date 1955
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Buff ware projecting anthropozoomorphic adorno, possibly depicting a fish head. Round and hollow, with features in relief including: bifid ears, one half incised with lines and the other with a circle; long eyes with round pupils; a round nose and a horizontal mouth. There is a pierced hole below the mouth. Trace of red slip, with pencil drawn along the mouth.
Event Date 5/12/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:322451
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