Effigy Jar
40-15-355
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-15-355 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cocle |
Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
Site Name | Sitio Conte |
Culture Area | Central American |
Locus | B16 |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Crab |
Description | Polychrome. Red and purple, outlined in black, on light buff. Flat base; straight expanding lower body; low convex upper body; equator fluted for half of circumference; concave expanding neck; flat everted lip. Spout from shoulder to lip, rising above rim. Crab effigy. Upper body paneled red and purple. Lower with stylized crab claws. |
Height | 15.8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.18 cm |
Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
Other Number | B-16.26 - Field No SF |
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