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Beaker or rhyton
Beaker or rhyton

Beaker or rhyton

MediumMetal
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Jean Tennyson Boissevain
Object number1974.67.5
DescriptionBeaker in form of female head wearing elaborate turban with two bands of beads across her forehead, and necklace. Hair appears in waves across her ears. The spout grows out of the top of her head. Tri-foil shaped spout. Round base. Black and green patina. No indication of iris or pupil of eye.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Standing figure
Pre-Columbian
300 - 0 B.C.
Madonna and Child
WIERIX, Hieronymus, 1551-1619
[not after 1619].
Effigy bottle
500-800 A.D.
Figure
Pre-Columbian
1200-500 B.C.
Head
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
1200-500 B.C.
Rattle figure
PRE-COLUMBIAN/MAYAN
A.D. 600-900
Kali
Tibet
maybe 18th century
Rhyton
4th century BC