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Object Number
63-24-20/76378.1.22
Display Title
Male Personage attired in the habiliaments of the Bat God
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Oaxaca, Zapotec. Cat. No. C/47139 / Male Personage attired in the habiliaments of the Bat God (El Dios Murcielago) / Height: 8". Color: Black ceramic with vestiges of white pigment. Provenience: "Ruins of Zaachila." Epoch III-A of Monte Alban (A.d. 350 - 600) Gift of Charles Bowditch to the Museum in 1889. Collected by G.W.E. Griffiths in 1885. / 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
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.6375 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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