Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-248
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Site Found
Coyotepec, Oaxaca.
Date Range
Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
29 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México.
Description

Barro gris con vestigios de pigmento rojo en el tocado.

Notes or Gallery Text

Caso y Bernal designan esta vasija la categoria de “Dios 5 Turquesa”. Lleva máscara de ave que corresponde al glifo X.

Glyphic Inscription
El glifo maíz es el pectoral y cuelga boca abajo. Compárase con MFR 1773.
Subject Bibliography

Caso y Bernal 1952: 246, fig. 393.

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