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| Type of Object: | Sculpture |
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| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Measurements: | 10 to 40 cm. in height. |
| Date or Period: | Early Post Classic |
| Maker: | Pipil |
| Designated List Section: | 1E Guazapa 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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| Small wheeled figurine, consisting in a tubular hollow body with four tabular supports, each with a hole to accept wooden sticks acting as axles for the front and rear wheels. The wheels are flat ceramic disks. A tail was added to one end of the tubular body and a head to the other. Examples are known with deer heads with antlers, and dog heads with tongue extended over the lower lip. | |
| Keywords: | |
| animal effigy vessel, animal figurine, ceramic, dog, sculpture, wheeled figurine, |
