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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-78
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Site Found
Sisterna IV, Monte Albán, Oaxaca
Date Range
MA IIIA (Caso y Bernal 1952: 297); Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
14.4 x 12 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México (exhibición).
Description

Naranja y gris.

Notes or Gallery Text

Caso y Bernal (1952: 174) designa esta pieza MA IIIA porque tiene el borde del vaso ancho hacia afuera como los “floreros” característicos de la época. Representa un personaje de sexo femenino.

Glyphic Inscription
Persoanje con cabeza de búho, o glifo F, y en el pecho es el numeral 1 (1 F).
Subject Bibliography

Caso y Bernal 1952: 174, fig. 297; Paddock 1966: 132, fig. 106; Moblier funeraire fig. 5.; Les richnesses de l’Ancien Mexique, 1994: 6, fig. 4.

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