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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-7892
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Site Found
Tumba en la Loma o Cumbre del Corral, Magdalena Jicotlán, la Mixteca, Oaxaca.
Date Range
MA IIIB (Bernal 1963:33); Peche 500 - 600 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
36 x 32.2 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México (exhibición)
Description

pintado con colores brillantes de verde, amarillo y rojo.

Notes or Gallery Text

En la parte superior del tocado la cabeza de un quetzal. Figura sostiene una bolsa en las manos.

Glyphic Inscription
Tira que cuelga a un lado del tocado tiene una cara que correponde al glifo V. Tres glifos E decoran el borde del taparrabo.
Subject Bibliography

Bernal 1963: 33-34

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