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

Effigy Face Bowl

Maker Escuintla Region, Souther Maya

Date100 BC-250 AD

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumCeramic with cream colored slip

Dimensionsheight and diameter: 3 3/8 x 5 in. (8.6 x 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh

Object numberC-74-10

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ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionSmall rounded bowl with slightly raise base ring rounded body, break near top to outward flaring rim. Slightly raised band at largest swell of body applied pieces to form face, slit coffee bean pieces of clay for eyes and mouth, nubbins for ears, raised ridge with pellets for nose.