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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MES 29.4.1
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Date Range
Peche 500 - 600 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
29.5 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Etnográfico de Suecia, Estocolmo, Suecia.
Provenance
August Edwin Paulson
Description

Vestigios de pintura roja en la cara y en la parte frontal de la pieza.

Notes or Gallery Text

Urcid (1993: 154) sostiene que la figura en el tocado es el Xicani zapoteco.

Glyphic Inscription
El glifo F en el pecho. Glifo en la base corresponde con el glifo #22 “corazón” (Urcid 1993: 150).
Subject Bibliography

Linné 1938: 136, lám. 19; Urcid 1993: 154, fig 15 (2).

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