Effigy Urn
29-41-726
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State) | Miahuatlan
Curatorial Section: American
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Object Number
29-41-726
Current Location
Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture
Zapotec
Provenience
Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State) | Miahuatlan
Culture Area
Central American
Date Made
200-600 CE
Section
American
Materials
Ceramic
Iconography
Coyote Head
Description
A probable ancestor effigy wearing a peccary headdress.
Height
28.6 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from H. A. Monday, 1929
Other Number
34 - Field No SF
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects . London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. See: Page 108 Full page
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Danien, Elin. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2002. See: p. 78, pl. 81
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Mason, John A. "Other Theocratic Cultures of Mexico: American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America ." The University Museum Bulletin 10, no. 1-2. (1943): 42-48. See: p. 42, fig. 25
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Mason, John A. "Zapotec Funerary Urns from Mexico ." The Museum Journal 20, no. 2. (1929): 176-201. See: p. 198, 199
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