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A vessel with a face with large eyes, flared nostrils, and open mouth to reveal teeth.
Face vessel
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Face vessel

Artist Mike Hanning (American, 20th century)
Date20th century
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall (approx.): 8 x 5 x 5 in. (20.32 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Caleb J. King
Object number2025.2.12
Collections
Visual DescriptionA vessel with a face with large eyes, flared nostrils, and open mouth to reveal teeth.
A vessel with a face with large eyes, ears, and opened mouth to reveal teeth. Incised underside: “Matthew Hewell/ John 3-16”
Face vessel
Matthew Hewell
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Face vessel
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19th- 20th century
A vessel with a face with closed eyes, large grinning smile to show teeth, and a moustache. Incised underside: “Sandy Cole/ 1998”
Face vessel
Sandy Cole
1998
Wood mask with heavy black encrustation; the mask is worn on top of the head; composite of human features (elliptical eyes, nose with large flared nostrils and small mouth) with turtle, and serpent. Three lobes on top of the mask with incised grid-like patterns, suggesting scales or bird feathers. There are abstracted faces on either side of the cheeks.
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Vessel
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300 BC-1 AD
Stone mace head, half is spherical with cylindrical hole from top to bottom other half carved to resemble feline head with small ears, broad nose, open toothed mouth, large eyes on side; features formed by drilling, either partially or completely into stone - through ears and mouth, depressions for eyes and nostrils
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Conical vessel with flat base decorated with punched-patterning, accentuated with white-slip inlays
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2012
Small thimble-like ceramic piece, possibly an animal head - flared base, rounded top, wide groove from top down one side, 2 large holes, one on either side of groove, with ridges around them (eyes), 2 small holes at top on sides of groove (nostrils) crescent incised line on opposite side (mouth).
Fragment
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1-1000 ?
Human head with triangular shaped head; short three-pointed crown over the large concave eyes; large wide cheeks; open mouth; triangular shaped nose with concave nostrils.
Effigy Head
undated
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Head of Mythical Monster
Maya Artist
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Small hollow dome with human face on one side. Raised mouth area with sunken cheek and eye region. Mouth is incised slit; nose is raised ridge with large pills of clay for nostrils. Eyes inscribed with wide t-shape design, ear spools shown, large headdress runs as ridge laterally across head, red clay with light brown slip.
Human head effigy
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A dark sculpted head with protruding cylindrical eyes, small nostrils, and a gaping mouth revealing jagged teeth and a white tongue. Its neck is surrounded by dry, brown fibrous material and rests on a woven base of thick entwined fibers.
Dance Headpiece
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undated

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