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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-1600
Rights and Image Use

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Site Found
Zautla, Etla (Peñafiel 1893: 13); Nazareno (Caso y Bernal 1952: 109) Oaxaca.
Date Range
Peche 500 - 600 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
21 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México
Provenance
Fernando Sologuren
Description

Gris con vestigios de pigmento rojo.

Notes or Gallery Text

Efigie de una bolsa de incienso con nudo corredizo. Hay una pieza idéntica en el Museo Carlos Pellicer en Tabasco (cf. MACP B-0342), pero levemente más completa, por lo tanto se conoce dos objetos en la serie. La procedencia exacta está en duda ya que hay dos versiones encontradas. Compárase con MFR 2540, MFR 8898.

Subject Bibliography

Peñafiel 1893: 13; Caso y Bernal 1952: 109, fig 179.

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