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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-682
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Site Found
Etla, Oaxaca.
Date Range
MA IV (Eubanks 1999: 143); Xoo 600 - 800 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
12.2 x 11.4 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México.
Provenance
Fernando Sologuren #553
Description

Barro gris obscuro

Notes or Gallery Text

Olla de doble asa vertedera. Las asas tienen la forma de mazorcas de maíz. Por las dos mazorcas Caso y Bernal sostienen que “[esta pieza] definitivamente conecta este dios del moño en el tocado con el dios del maíz…” (Caso y Bernal 1952: 108). Compárase con MNA 6-6708 y MFR 4279.

Subject Bibliography

Seler dibujo circa 1888; Caso y Bernal 1952: 107-108, fig. 176; Eubanks 1999: 142-143, fig. 115.

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