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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Head of a statuette
Date Made:700- 900 CE
Type:Sculpture
Materials:stone
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Veracruz
Measurements:overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm
Narrative Inscription:  label: back of head (masking tape, blue pen): 400 AP
Accession Number:  MH 2006.3.9
Credit Line:Bequest of Mary Ryan Orwen (Class of 1935)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Figurine head with mold made face of dead or elderly person with sunken cheeks, closed eyes, protruding teeth. Wears large earspools, crest at center of head.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2006.3.9

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