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Effigy urn of female personage attired in the habiliaments of the goddess who wears the headdress of Yalalteca
Effigy urn of female personage attired in the habiliaments of the goddess who wears the headdress of Yalalteca
Object Number 63-24-20/76378.1.14
Display Title Effigy urn of female personage attired in the habiliaments of the goddess who wears the headdress of Yalalteca
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Oaxaca, Zapotec. Cat. No. 47114. Photo. No. 9 / Female Personage Attired in the Habiliaments of the Goddess who wears the Headdress of Yalalteca (La Diosa con Tocado de Yalalteca) / Height: 10 1/2". Color: Light gray ceramic with lighter gray-tan overwash. Provenience: Tlacochahuaya. Collected by G.W.E. Griffith in 1885. This urn belongs to Epoch III-A of Monte Alban. (A.D. 350 - 600) See for this category Caso & Bernal's "Urnas de Oaxaca," 1952, p. 296. / April 1963, Photo by: Morton Bartlett, 15 Fayette St. Boston 16. Mass.
Department Photographic
Date April 1963
Artist Morton Bartlett
Culture
  • Mesoamerican
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 25.4001 × 20.6375 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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