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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Vulture head fragment
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Vulture head fragment

Artist Unknown
Dateundated
Made/manufacturedHonduras
MediumCeramic
Dimensions2 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in. (5.7 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the family of Alphonse C. and Katherine H. Chable
Object number2015.6.3
Collections
DescriptionGray clay body; head of beaked animal with small teeth (suggesting a saurian and vulture hybrid) or perhaps a stylized Coatimundi; small loop anterior of beak.
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