Effigy Vessel
40-16-1319
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 40-16-1319 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cocle |
| Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
| Site Name | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Locus | Burial 11 |
| Date Made | 450 - 900 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Rounded base, effigy jar. Human figure. Face in relief on lower part of neck. Body irregular, with arms across stomach and a hunched back (this may represent an individual who has survived rickets (osteomalacia), reference Dr. Rebecca R. Stone in The Jaguar Within, University of Texas Press, 2011). Upper part of staight neck painted with red and purple horizontal bands. Flange, unpainted rim. Face painted red and purple. Sepia designs on shoulder and arms. Red body, intact. |
| Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
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