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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
AMNH 30.3/2554
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Site Found
Tumba 1, Cuilapan, Oaxaca
Date Range
Peche 500 - 600 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
70 x 52 x 41 dia. cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
American Museum of Natural History, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
Provenance
Marshall H. Saville
Description

Barro gris claro

Notes or Gallery Text

Personaje sentado con m€ascara de Cocijo. Esta pieza fue escubierta por Saville en 1902. La encontró en frente la tumba 1 de Cuilapan (Saville 1904: 59). Las manos fueron restauradas para su exhibición.

Glyphic Inscription
El glifo C en el tocado. En el pectoral se presenta el glifo grano de maíz abierto combinado con el glifo E.
Subject Bibliography

Saville 1904: 58; Boos 1968a: vol. III, 27, lám. X.
http://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/research/mca_objects.cfm?case_number=7

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