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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-17
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Site Found
Tumba 6, no. 1, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Date Range
MA IIIA (Caso y Bernal 1952: 155); Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
19 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México.
Notes or Gallery Text

Encontrada en la tumba 6 junto una variedad de cerámica. A un lado de la oreja parece tener una pluma colgada. El tocado está decorada con conchas y el personaje lleva máscara con rasgos felinos.

Subject Bibliography

Caso 1932: 16, figs. 26 y 27; Caso y Bernal 1952: 155-156 y 158, fig. 268.

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