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Digital Object 595
Description:
Zoomorphic effigy in the shape of a flat-bottomed bowl representing a bird. Red slip on the outside and white on the inside. The edges of the bowl are laterally displaced and after applying the paint the artist suggests the bird's head, wings and tail. The inner walls of the bowl were painted with alternating red and purple stripes. In the central panel a crab is painted.
Excavation campaign:
 
2009
Record type:
 
Ceramic artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 2
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Interment-offering
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
087
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Artifacts
Ceramic artifacts
Ceramic style:
 
Late Conte (900-1020 AD)
Ware:
 
Late Conte polychrome
Forms:
 
zoomorphic effigy
Variety:
 
Zoomorphic bowl
Digital Object 595
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