Jar
34-25-185
From: Brazil | Vicinity of Santarem
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-25-185 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Brazil | Vicinity of Santarem |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Restored. Buff ware; annular base; high narrow neck constricted into three zones; the top-most decorated with incised concentric circles with fillet below, the centre zone decorated with incised spirals is almost horizontal on the top; the lower zone shows low relief spirals and bosses; body of vessel ornamented with full relief life forms including toad (?), with small one on its back; human head; and two crocodile heads on each of which is perched a human figure with bands to head, an animal with a human leg in its mouth, and a small bird; on the body are low relief spirals and bosses and in low relief, frog's hind legs below eah crocodile head. |
| Height | 18 |
| Outside Diameter | 8 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from John Mayer, 1934 |
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