Jar

20993

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State)

Curatorial Section: American

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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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