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| Type of Object: | Sculpture |
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| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Measurements: | 12 to 40 cm. in height. |
| Date or Period: | Late Classic |
| Maker: | Proto-Lenca |
| Designated List Section: | 1B Lepa Figurines |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 03/10/1995 |
| Photograph: | Federico Trujillo |
| Copyright: | Banco Agricola Comercial de El Salvador |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Most are solid ceramic figurines representing standing humans, while others are animal effigies that function as whistles, whistle flutes, or wheeled figurines incorporating whistle flutes. Usually made of reddish brown to brick red clay with a rough or only moderately smoothed surface. Some have a white slip painted in black, red, or yellow paint. | |
| Keywords: | |
| ceramic, figurine, human figure, sculpture, seated human, statuette, |
