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

Effigy Pipe Mouthpiece

Maker Costa Rican, Atlantic Watershed
Date1-500
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions2 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (6 x 3.5 x 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object numberC-86-20
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionEffigy figure with head, shoulders, and broken arm (leg?) stumps - circular mouth wide open, pointed jaw, coffee bean eyes, nubbins for ears - suspension loop at back of neck, hole at each shoulder - pipe mouthpiece extending perpendicular from body with tapered interior to hollow body.
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