Effigy vessel

Effigy vessel

Effigy vessel

Artist: Mexico
Date: after 1520
Medium: clay
Classification: Containers
Credit Line: Gift of James E Caufield
Object number: 1963.18.2
DescriptionIncense burner of coarse brown clay in goblet shape with small human head wearing ear spools projecting from rim. About 2/3 of the body is ringed by a horizontal row of small round applied pellets which curves vertically upwards to the rim on dex. side. Interior smoke-blackened. Two vertical slits in sides of container.
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