Jar
About this object
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Physical description
Polychrome jar with slightly rounded base. Wide-mouthed, tall cylindrical body. Five painted horizontal bands: (1) fourteen stepped motif in grey and orange-brown paint near rim on cream ground; (2) ten circles in orange-brown and white paint on black ground; (3) triangular motif in orange-brown, light beige, red-brown, cream and grey; (4) ten circles in orange-brown and white paint on black ground; (5) six trophy heads with long black hair and orange-brown faces, divided by vertical orange-brown lines on cream ground. Polished surface; molded manufacture.
Date Made
Early Intermediate (100 B.C.E.-800 C.E.)
Date Acquired
21 May 2015
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Gift of the family of Rosita LeSueur Tovell and Freeman Massey TovellMore...
Measurements
Overall: 21.7 cm x 10.2 cm
Object Number
3111/3