Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel
Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel
Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel
Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel
Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel
Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel

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Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel,

1200–900 BCE

Early Formative Period
1996-293

Information

Title
Tlacuache (opossum) effigy vessel
Dates

1200–900 BCE

Medium
Brownware ceramic
Dimensions
h. 8.4 cm., w. 4.9 cm., d. 5.5 cm. (3 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel Merrin
Object Number
1996-293
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Guerrero, San Francisco

Culture
Olmec
Period
Early Preclassic, Middle Preclassic
Type
funerary objects, ceramics, vessels (containers), effigies
Materials
ceramic
Subject
mammals

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