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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
SMI 163627
Rights and Image Use

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Site Found
Cuilapan, Oaxaca
Date Range
Peche 500 - 600 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
42 x 45 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos.
Provenance
Louis Gustave Bellon; George Gustave Heye,1929.
Description

Barro marrón claro

Notes or Gallery Text

Cabeza de jaguar en la parte izaquierda del tocado y un torzal de cuerda en la parte derecha. Para una pieza semejante, pero sin glifo, véase SOTH 1987.156.

Glyphic Inscription
Tres numerales y el glifo J en el tocado (3 J).
Subject Bibliography

Fotografía en el archivo de Marshall H. Saville, American Museum of Natural History, caja 27; Arts du Mexique Précolombien (subasta noviembre de 1928) fig. 22; Bernal, Exploraciones de Cuilapan, 1902-1954, p. 67; Boos 1966b: 297, fig. 276 ; Sleight 1988: fig. 24.

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