Fish effigy jar

Museum number:
3-27508
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3188
Description:
Fish effigy jar; ceramic; wide mouth fish; bent fish tail forms base; gray; ventral fin and stomach incised with parallel lines; tail repaired; height 26 cm.
Donor:
Martha H. Kelly
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Olmec
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1975
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jars
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Originally believed to be a modern fake attributed to the Olmec, but not fake according to James Bennyhoff.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fish effigy jar, accession number 3-27508, described as Fish effigy jar; ceramic; wide mouth fish; bent fish tail forms base; gray; ventral fin and stomach incised with parallel lines; tail repaired; height 26 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish effigy jar, accession number 3-27508, described as Fish effigy jar; ceramic; wide mouth fish; bent fish tail forms base; gray; ventral fin and stomach incised with parallel lines; tail repaired; height 26 cm.

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