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Object Number
63-24-20/76378.1.12
Display Title
Effigy urn of male personage with the glyph "C" in headdress
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Oaxaca, Zapotec. Cat. No. C/8393 Standing figure of a male personage belonging to the category male "companion" with the glyph "C" in his headdress ("Acompañante" Masculino con Glifo "C" en el Tocado) Height: 9". Color: Very dark gray ceramic with vestiges of white pigment. Collected by E.M. Lawton. Acquired 1918. For reference to this category, see Caso & Bernal's "Urnas de Oaxaca," 1952, 119-129. Note: The figure wears a tunic of wadded cotton used as armour and effective protection from indigenes weapons. Note: Vase on back is supported on a slender column of clay. 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
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Mexico
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Oaxaca
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.6375 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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