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Ceramic human figure head fragment
Mesoamerican; Teotihuacan
Ceramic human figure head fragment
Mesoamerican; Teotihuacan
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Solid ceramic seated effigy wearing a headdress, earrings, necklace, and clothing / Mesoamerican; Mayan

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Ceramic seated effigy. Mold formed. Figure is shown wearing a headdress, earrings, necklace, and clothing. Some traces of paint are visible.

The figure is made in the Jaina Island Style. Jania Island, off the coast of the present state of Campeche in the Yucatan Peninsula, maintained a large Mayan cemetery where ceramic figurines were often interred with the dead.

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Title(s): 
Solid ceramic seated effigy wearing a headdress, earrings, necklace, and clothing
Culture: 
Mesoamerican; Mayan
Date: 
300 - 900 CE
Period: 
Classic to Epiclassic
Place: 
Yucatán, Jaina Island, México
Materials/Techniques: 
clay
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Ceramic Figurine
Accession No: 
54.3804
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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