Bahía
Miniature figure with outstretched arms
Bahía, 500
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, slipped, 2 3/8 × 1 15/16 × 1 in. (6 × 5 × 2.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, Joppa, Maryland, in Memory of Eleanor Mitchell
Object Number
1987.212
Diminutive male figure bearing the regalia (double ear spools, collar, headdress) of a dignitary. Clothing and jewelry details are incised. Exterior appearnce is black. A small support juts from the buttocks and likely pertains to the display and manipulation of these small amulet style figures.
