Figurine Head
34-32-271
From: Venezuela | State Of Apure | Delta of Apure River | Arauquin
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-32-271 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Venezuela | State Of Apure | Delta of Apure River | Arauquin |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Locus | Surface |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Animal Head. Black ware firing buff to reddish brown, also grey. Broken from pots. Characterized by protruding snout; knob on nose, or to represent the nose, flanked by gouged out triangular figures; circular eyes with holes in the middle; and protruding conventionalized ears on top of head. Probably they represent Vampire bats. See also 34-32-288 and 289. |
| Height | 4.5 |
| Width | 4 |
| Thickness | 4.5 |
| Credit Line | University Museum / Columbia University Venezuelan Expedition; Vincenzo Petrullo, 1934 |
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