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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MFR 1241
Rights and Image Use

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Date Range
MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 84); Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
79 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Frissell, Mitla, México.
Provenance
Howard Leigh
Description

Barro gris con vestigios de pigmento rojo.

Notes or Gallery Text

Urna que representa una mujer.

Glyphic Inscription
El glifo 5 X en el tocado (Véase la pieza ROM 1879 para el mismo glifo). Personaje en el tocado lleva el glifo C. Los glifos E decoran la capa, y dos glifos 109 en el tocado.
Subject Bibliography

Boos 1966a: vol. II, 26, láms. XXVI y XXVII; Boos 1966b: 84, figs. 64-65.

Conservation Information
F7

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