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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-6221
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Site Found
Tumba 1, monticulo 7, Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca.
Date Range
Xoo 600 - 800 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
51 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México (bodega)
Provenance
Excavación Saville
Notes or Gallery Text

Vasija central de un grupo de cinco. El tocado ha sido reconstruido según una foto de Saville (1899: lám. 22). Pieza falta la mano izquierda. Es probable que esta mano portaba una bolsa de incienso como la vasija empotrada en la fachada de la tumba 104 de Monte Albán.

Subject Bibliography

Saville 1899: 355-356, y lám. 22; Caso y Bernal 1952: 46, fig. 6.

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