The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Hunchback Figure Vessel

Hunchback Figure Vessel

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Hunchback Figure Vessel

Date:: 2nd–3rd century
Geography:: Mexico, Mesoamerica
Culture:: Colima
Medium:: Ceramic, pigment
Dimensions:: H. 12 1/4 x W. 9 1/4 x D. 7 3/8 in. (31.2 x 23.5 x 18.7 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics-Containers
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.355

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, until 1955]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1955, on loan to the Museum of Primitive Art, 1956–1978
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Who
Colima (59)
What
Ceramics (29,320)

Vessels (21,921)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

Mexico (1,973)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,201)
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Mexico, 1–500A.D.

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