Potsherd, top and neck of a large jar

Unidentified maker (Nicaragua)

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Pre-Columbian

Red terracotta with brown slip

Overall: 4 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (11.5 × 18.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of William Hayden Ford, Class of 1894

13.14.768

Geography

Place Made: Nicaragua, Central America

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

William Hayden Ford (1873-1928); lent to present collection, date unknown; catalogued, 1913; status changed to gift, 1965.

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