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Human; very round; top of head dimpled; strong brow line and bared teeth; ears protrude from sides of head.
Effigy Head
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Effigy Head

Dateundated
Place of originDominican Republic, North and Central America
MediumClay with pigmenatation
Dimensions6 9/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (16.7 x 17.1 x 9.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number1995.28.139
Collections
Visual DescriptionHuman; very round; top of head dimpled; strong brow line and bared teeth; ears protrude from sides of head.
Human; very large round eyes; brow protrudes over eyes and bridge of nose; three pointed crown over forehead; wide jaw.
Effigy Head
undated
Large oval surface with shallow concavity, supported on 4 legs at corners, shaped to represent a feline's front & back legs. Tail coming from center edge on back, curving to attach at back of right hind foot. Feline head extending down from front rim. Ears are small nubs, with angular cut head and wide mouth with indicated teeth bared. Oval eyes with hollowed areas below on side of muzzle.
Jaguar Effigy Metate
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Animal, seated with forearms resting on thighs and hands on knees; very large oval eyes; protruding stomach; dimpled crest at top of head; incised linear and dot design on back
Effigy Figure
undated
Animal effigy, probably dog or other canine, triangular head, pointy snout with teeth apparently bared, poked holes for eyes, small nubbins for ears, angular neck attaching tubular body (broken) with a large hole at each shoulder.
Effigy Figure
Costa Rican Artist
1-500
A small, dark grey ceramic whistle with a bulging, vertical body resting on uneven stubs. The top section protrudes leftward, featuring a rounded ear-like knob and a snout, both detailed with a series of small, punctured holes.
Frog Effigy Whistle (ocarina)
Panamanian
undated
Traditional elongated facial mask with long nose pierced at septum with boar tusk extending to chin where bird protrudes down. Face surrounded by shells embedded in clay. Shells on nose extension. Human hair at top of head beneath plaited raffia loop for hanging. Small inset shells for eyes underneath carved protruding brows. Dark stain. Painted traditional designs.
Mai Mask
Iatmul
20th century
Urn in the shape of a crouching jaguar - flat bottom, basically round body with front and back legs slightly raised, swelling of shoulder, large feline head with teeth bared, separation line from effigy to dome over back with tall spout, flaring towards rim, red slip with yellow painted as stripes on legs, tail and face, ellipses in yellow on body, eyes bordered with yellow, teeth yellow, edges of eyes, three groupings of three vertical yellow lines on spout.
Jaguar Effigy Urn
Moche Artist
200-300
man; repairs and broken edges indicate this piece is the top of a vessel that has been broken off; hollow; carved face with circular eyes and protruding nose; spout rises out of top of head; thick and flaring lip; carved & painted designs.
Effigy Head with Spout
undated
Spherical mace head with cylindrical hole carved from top to bottom in center. Human face carved into one side with large beak like nose, jutting mouth, shallow depressions for eyes, large nubbins for ears, back carved with vertical grooves (possibly hair).
Human-head mace head
Costa Rican Artist
300-500
Human head with protruding circular eyes with indented centers; crest over forehead comes to a point at the bridge of the nose; wide mouth and rounded cheeks; head is framed by coral with two small circular handles in the place of the ears.
Effigy Head
undated
Bowl with gradually rounded bottom supported by tick conical tripod legs with small firing slit in sides and rattles within. bottom rounds into wall, begins to slope inward ten rises to outward flaring rim, attached head on side with pellet ears, eyes, and perhaps horn or forehead crest, pointy snout. Band of inscribed designs with single line border above and below design consists of repeated motif of a diagonal line with "jagged tooth" section set on same diagonal to the right. Vertical line …
Tripod bowl with head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Stirrup spout vessel, flat bottom with spherical body, figure of crab-man lying on top of vessel - body of crab with claws looped around in front, human or frog legs in back, human head with bared teeth and fangs, flat-disk cap, stirrup spout running from back of head down into vessel of body
Stirrup-Spout Bottle of Crab God with Fanged Feline Mouth
Moche Artist
Early Intermediate period, 200-300

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