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Figurine head
Figurine head

Figurine head

Date900-1200 AD
MediumFired clay
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Faye Niequist
Object number1988.18.16
DescriptionHead of a fox or coyote, with bared fangs. Large indented eyes. Unslipped buff clay. The style is similar to that of 2 plumbate vessels illustrated in Pre-Columbian Art: The May Coll. 1980, figs. 156-157, although this piece is not plumbate.
On View
Not on view
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