Shell figurine

Museum number:
16-13909
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Accession number:
Acc.2433
Description:
Shell: Ceramic, a facsimile of Fasciolaria princeps. Fragmented, partially repaired. Fire-blackened. Two 0.7 cm. perforations, opposite each other at one end. Decoration: Zoned, incised red on buff; geometric motif of interlocking half terrace, triangles and rectangles. Dimensions: Length. 19.9; Width 8.3 cm.
Donor:
Alice Enderton Francisco
Collection place:
Shaft, Grave 2, Site Ocr2-13, Carchi, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
Ecuador
Collector:
Alice Enderton Francisco
Collection date:
1967-1968
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1968
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Materials and techniques: ceramic, incised, red on buffed
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell figurine, accession number 16-13909, described as Shell: Ceramic, a facsimile of Fasciolaria princeps. Fragmented, partially repaired. Fire-blackened. Two 0.7 cm. perforations, opposite each other at one end. Decoration: Zoned, incised red on buff; geometric motif of interlocking half terrace, triangles and rectangles. Dimensions: Length. 19.9; Width 8.3 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell figurine, accession number 16-13909, described as Shell: Ceramic, a facsimile of Fasciolaria princeps. Fragmented, partially repaired. Fire-blackened. Two 0.7 cm. perforations, opposite each other at one end. Decoration: Zoned, incised red on buff; geometric motif of interlocking half terrace, triangles and rectangles. Dimensions: Length. 19.9; Width 8.3 cm.

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