Vessel in the Form of a Zoomorphic Turtle

Unidentified Nayarit maker

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about 500 or earlier

Buff terracott with white paint

Overall: 2 3/4 × 4 × 4 11/16 in. (7 × 10.2 × 11.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ritchie Cornelius Smith, Class of 1926

162.30.14804

Geography

Place Made: Mexico, North America

Period

1-500

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Ritchie Cornelius Smith (1904-1989), San Francisco, California, date unknown; given to present collection, 1962.

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