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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MFVH B.349
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Site Found
probably Mitla
Date Range
Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
18 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museum für Volkerkunde und Vorgesshichte, Hamburgo, Alemania.
Provenance
Dr. C.W. Lüders, Director Hamburg Museum.
Description

Barro gris obscuro con un baño de gris claro.

Notes or Gallery Text

Object entered the museum in 1880 and was part of a collection of objects which Carl W. Lüders, director (1879-1896) of the newly founded Museum für Völkerkunde, brought to the museum. Lüders was a Hamburger merchant who had also been travelling in the Americas.

Glyphic Inscription
El glifo F en el tocado. En los ojos del ave son el glifo E.
Subject Bibliography

"Antigüedades de los Indios", pp. 367-368, en Ilustración Mexicana, tomo 3, 1852, publicada por Ignacio Cumplido, México; Boos 1968a: vol. III, 30, lám. XIV a y b; (NAA archivo fotográfico lote 92, caja 6, carpeta 2)

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