Accession No
1955.47 B.2
Description
Buff ware sherd depicting a zoomorphic animal. Round and hollow; facial features consists of a long central bridge with round nose and pierced nostrils below; bulging eyes at each side surrounded by incised concentric circles; and a rectangular panel protruding at the bottom with incised vertical lines, possibly teeth. Trace of brown slip.
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.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
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 sherd depicting a zoomorphic animal. Round and hollow; facial features consists of a long central bridge with round nose and pierced nostrils below; bulging eyes at each side surrounded by incised concentric circles; and a rectangular panel protruding at the bottom with incised vertical lines, possibly teeth. Trace of brown slip.
Event Date 5/12/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:322452
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