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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
SMI 115151
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Site Found
Zaachila, Oaxaca
Date Range
Peche 500 - 600 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
40 x 34.5 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos
Provenance
Louis H. Ayme. #388, Adquirida por el museo 29 de julio de 1885.
Description

Barro gris claro con un baño de rojo brillante

Notes or Gallery Text

Esta pieza funciona como tapa para otro recipiente, quizás un brasero. En el tocado está la máscara del lagarto y encima otra máscara de mariposa. El personaje agarra en ambos manos dos aves, probablemente quetzales.

Subject Bibliography

Boos 1966: 130, fig. 115 y p. 64, lámina en color; Whitecotton 1985: 87.

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