Hollow head fragment with raised modelled face and knobby back of head
- Title:
- Hollow head fragment with raised modelled face and knobby back of head
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Charles Fred Hartt
- Country:
- Brazil
- ID Number:
- Anthr1870_004_0139_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 870.4.139
- File Name:
- Anthr1870_004_0139_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Native Amazonian
- Style/Period:
- Native Amazonian
- Work Type:
- sculpture (visual work)
- Measurement:
- 56 x 40 x 47 x 7 (wall) (millimeters, height x width x breadth x thickness)
- Description:
- Covered with white slip with traces of red paint of face and back of head. Y motif eye neck. Three pairs of lumps on back of head show majority of wear .
Paste: coarse ground sherd temper, grainy texture, no luster.
Surface finish: Modelled and smoothed prior applic. of white slop and paint. Much wear and considerable crackle.
Slip: hardness: 3-5
thickness: <.5
color: 10 YR 6/4 It. yellowish brown
Decoration: Aforesaid modelling with traces of red paint ( 10 R 4/4) noticable lack of coronal arch.
Firing: red-firing
oxid. to 2.5 YR 5/6 - Bibliography:
- Meggers and Evans, 1957
Palmatary, 1950 - Archival Collection:
- Amazonian ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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