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Stone figure

Female figure with fingertips turned towards each other[...] She is said to have been found together with a skeleton in a grave surrounded by stones in a steep slope near the Meseta. This probably refers to the northern slope of Meseta B.[...] The figure can be recognised as female by the braided headband over the stepped hair or by the cap and the 'hip scarf' that exceptionally does not close on the left leg. She has regular facial features, semi-circular eyes running horizontally at the bottom and well-formed ears. Six toes can be recognised on the left foot, five on the right, and the head bandage extends behind the head. [...] The stone is grey fissured basalt. Source: K. T. Preuss: Monumentale vorgeschichtliche Kunst, 1929, pp. 39-40.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Stone figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 96 x 37 x 16 cm
Gewicht: 117 kg mit Palette
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 61996
Related object(s)
Activity : Vorgang: E 32/1923, Erwerbungsvorgang Slg. Preuß, zur Erwerbung: V/6/1921: betr. V A 62778-62787; 62459-62689; 61925-62080; 61921-61924; 61710-61920, Forschungsreise (Kolumbien), Theodor Preuss -- P. Zumpe, Bogotá vom 1.12.1922 an Preuss. Informiert, dass der Transport der Steinfiguren von Barranquilla sowie seiner Sammlung von Cali von Fehrmann und Rasmussen bezahlt werden wird. -- Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, Hamburg vom 8.1.1923 an Preuss. Transportrechnung für 5 Steinfiguren., 1923, Konrad Theodor Preuss (2.6.1869 - 8.6.1938)
Vorgang: E 32/1923, Erwerbungsvorgang Slg. Preuß, zur Erwerbung: V/6/1921: betr. V A 62778-62787; 62459-62689; 61925-62080; 61921-61924; 61710-61920, Forschungsreise (Kolumbien), Theodor Preuss -- P. Zumpe, Bogotá vom 1.12.1922 an Preuss. Informiert, dass der Transport der Steinfiguren von Barranquilla sowie seiner Sammlung von Cali von Fehrmann und Rasmussen bezahlt werden wird. -- Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, Hamburg vom 8.1.1923 an Preuss. Transportrechnung für 5 Steinfiguren., 1923, Konrad Theodor Preuss (2.6.1869 - 8.6.1938)

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where
Colombia
San Agustín

who
Preuss, Konrad Theodor - Collectors

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