Effigy Bowl
37-13-165
From: Guatemala | Department of Jutiapa | Asuncion Mita (uncertain) | Chalchuapa (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 37-13-165 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maya (Central American Culture) |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Jutiapa | Asuncion Mita (uncertain) | Chalchuapa (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 400 BCE-300 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Toad |
| Description | Tetrapod effigy bowl, large, shallow, buff pottery with light red slip, four large hollow cylindrical legs with toes, large amphibian or reptile head and short tail on body |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Width | 27 cm |
| Credit Line | Central American Expedition, J. Alden Mason, 1937 |
| Other Number | 98 - Field No SF |
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