Vessel in the Form of a Zoomorphic Turtle
Unidentified Nayarit maker
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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