Ceramic Figure with Gold Nose Ring

Ceramic

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Ceramic Figure with Gold Nose Ring

Entry/Object ID

A-174

Description

A ceramic household god, (one of a pair) with a gold nose ring. This figure, like his companion, has piercings along his forehead (front and back), shoulders (front and back) and his waist. He has white face paint on his nose, extending partially on to his checks, and remains of dirt in the creases all over his body.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Archaeology

Acquisition

Accession

75.2.3

Source or Donor

George Woodruff

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Bogata, Columbia

Culture/Tribe

Quimbaya

Condition

Overall Condition

Good