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Miniature figure with outstretched arms

Bahía, 500

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Bahía

Miniature figure with outstretched arms

Bahía

Miniature figure with outstretched arms

Bahía, 500

Physical Qualities Earthenware, slipped, 2 3/8 × 1 15/16 × 1 in. (6 × 5 × 2.6 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, Joppa, Maryland, in Memory of Eleanor Mitchell
Object Number 1987.212
Diminutive male figure bearing the regalia (double ear spools, collar, headdress) of a dignitary. Clothing and jewelry details are incised. Exterior appearnce is black. A small support juts from the buttocks and likely pertains to the display and manipulation of these small amulet style figures.

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Bahía

2000–2000

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