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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
ROM 1944
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Site Found
Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Date Range
Niza 100 a.C. - 200 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
23 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canadá.
Provenance
Constantino Rickards
Description

Barro gris cubierta en pigmento rojo.

Notes or Gallery Text

El objeto que porta esta figura feminina tiene forma de una tabla, quizás para cargar un niño. La figura del niño es removible y falta. Una figura semejante a esta se encontró en San Jose Mogote, t/1-95, edificio 1 (Cf. Fernández Dávila, Arqueología Mexicana 1997: 20).

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