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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Pre-Columbian
Title:Terracotta Head
Date Made:300-900 CE
Type:Ceramic
Materials:terracotta
Place Made:North America; Mexico
Measurements:Overall: 1 5/8 in x 1 in x 7/8 in; 4.1 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.664
Credit Line:Gift of the children of Dwight W. Morrow (Class of 1895) and Elizabeth C. Morrow
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
From Classic Period. Plain, mask-like face with necklace of three roughly-incised heads below chin. Broad, rather flat, unfinished back. Broken off at neck from orginal (missing) figure

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