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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
Daten.d.
Made/manufacturedHonduras
MediumCeramic
Dimensions2 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in. (5.7 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the family of Alphonse C. and Katherine H. Chable
Object number2015.6.3
On View
Not on view
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.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
1000-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
1200-1550
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Peru Highland Santa Valley, Recuay
300-600
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Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
1200-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rican, Atlantic Watershed
1-400
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Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
500-800
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Unknown
n.d.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Central Highlands
1000-1550
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Inca culture
1400-1530
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Central Atlantic Watershed, Highland region, Hueter
100 BCE-500 CE