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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
UPM 29.41.726
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Site Found
Miahuatlán, Oaxaca.
Date Range
Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
28 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, Estados Unidos
Description

Beige con vestigios de pigmento rojo en la cara y orejas.

Notes or Gallery Text

Pieza única. Se ha llamado “King of the Tapir Hunter”. Sin embargo, el tocado que lleve este personaje probalemente representa una cabeza de venado. Véase MM 1970:733 y MCO s/n.

Subject Bibliography

Mason 1929:198; Richardson 1932: 49, fig. 3.

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