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Male personage attired in the habiliaments of the God of Glyph "L"
Male personage attired in the habiliaments of the God of Glyph "L"
Object Number 63-24-20/76378.1.3
Display Title Male personage attired in the habiliaments of the God of Glyph "L"
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Oaxaca, Zapotec. Cat. No. C/47112 / Male Personage Attired in the Habiliaments of the God of Glyph "L" (Dios del Glifo "L") Height: 11 3/4". Color: Light gray ceramic with lighter gray overwash. Provenience: "Found in excavating a mound, Ocotlan." Collected by G.W.E. Griffith about 1885. Note the semi-circular back of the throne or dossel on which the figure originally stood, which carries the "eye-of-the-serpent" motif. For discussion of this category see Caso & Bernal's Urnas de Oaxaca, 1952, p. 94. This piece is ascribed to Epoch III-B of Monte Alban. (A.D. 700 - 1050) 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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