The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Date:: 7th–10th century
Geography:: Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz
Culture:: Veracruz
Medium:: Ceramic, hematite crystals
Dimensions:: H. 7 x W. 3 x D. 2 in. (17.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:: Purchase, Andrall and Joanne Pearson Gift, and The Pearson-Rappaport Foundation Gift, in memory of Andrall E. Pearson, 2009
Accession Number:: 2009.10

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 358

Provenance

Laurence J. DiRosario, Worthington, OH, 1962–1986; [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL, 1986–1998]; David B. Ross, Indianapolis, IN, 1998–2008; [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL, as agent, 2008]
See also
What
Ceramics (29,320)

Sculpture (24,350)

Figures (5,008)

Hematite (367)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

Mexico (1,973)

Veracruz (81)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Mexico, 1000–1400 A.D.

Mexico, 500–1000 A.D.

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