Jar
20993
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 20993 |
Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Zapotec |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State) |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | 200-600 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Effigy Jar. Grey ware; reddish brown coating in depressions. Seated cross-legged, hands on knees. "Water Vase" on elaborate tasseled headdress; wears serpend armlets and bracelets, tasseld maxtli, mouth mask, ear disks, and elaborate pectoral hung by a cord. |
Height | 23.49 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Charles H. Snyder, 1898 |
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