Pottery

Museum number:
3-29922
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029922
Accession number:
Acc.4569
Description:
Black slate carving; profile of a Maya male in "dolphin headdress"; front relief work; approximately 3.5" in height and 2" in width. Materials, techniques: Filed down hacksaw blade; exacto knives; chisel; machete.
Donor:
University Appropriation and Wendy Berkelman
Collection place:
San Antonio, Cayo, Belize
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Wendy Berkelman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pottery, accession number 3-29922, described as Black slate carving; profile of a Maya male in "dolphin headdress"; front relief work; approximately 3.5" in height and 2" in width. Materials, techniques: Filed down hacksaw blade; exacto knives; chisel; machete.

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