Figurine of an animal-headed man
Figurine of an animal-headed man

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Figurine of an animal-headed man

y1974-75

Information

Title
Figurine of an animal-headed man
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
12.5 × 7.5 × 5.6 cm (4 15/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. J. Monroe Thorington, Class of 1915
Object Number
y1974-75
Place Made

North America, Costa Rica

Period
Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations), anthropomorphic, men, mythical or legendary beings

Gift of Dr. J. Monroe Thorington (1894-1989) to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1976.

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