Effigy Jar
40-16-1034
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 40-16-1034 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cocle |
| Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
| Site Name | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Locus | Cache 21 | See: Mason's diary, p. 118, "C21. Apparently isolated vessel. Intact. High level. Ca 176-177 N, 170 W. Orifice down slanting --- complex shoulder." |
| Date Made | 450 - 900 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Ring base, effigy jar. Probably turtle. Double carination. Head and tail in relief at lower carination. Plain rim. Short straight neck. Small orifice. Traces of red paint on neck and upper shoulder. Lower shoulder painted with red designs on buff. Panels of brown designs on buff set in a wide red band circling jar below carination. Nearly intact except for hole in base. |
| Height | 18 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 23.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number | C21 - 1 - Field No SF |
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