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Head
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Head

Maker Guatemalan Artist
Date450-750
MediumCeramic
Dimensions5 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 6 in. (13 × 19.1 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John F. and Lynn T. Scott
Object number2018.52.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionHead with plank-like nose ornament, large earspool and beaded necklace.
head with partial torso of woman with pointed cap and large earspools; eyes are perforated, nose has flat nose plug
Head
Mexican Artist
500-100 BCE
Buff clay tripod based vessel with matching fitted cover, brown over-paint with cinnebar decoration; button ("star symbol") decorations surround lower portion of cylindrical vessel and perimeter of lid.
Lidded Tripod Vase
Guatemalan Artist
450-650
Bowl (Copador ware?)
Bowl (Copador ware?)
Guatemalan Artist
250-900
A reddish-brown clay figurine holding a large cylindrical object in its lap. The figure features a prominent nose, large ear ornaments, and a headdress with a twisted horizontal band beneath three tall vertical lobes.
Musician with Drum
Mexican Artist
c. 300-500
Figure of burnished mold-made ceramic with red and white paint.
Seated Warrior with Mace and Shield
Moche Artist
300-500
mold-made face with orange ceramic body, ornate flaring headdress with relief patterning, large earspool on right, broken off below neck
Head
Mexico, Central Veracruz
900-1200 CE
Female head with headdress, spherical ornaments on side of head; dark grey clay body, shorn off at neck.
Head fragment
Unknown
undated
Standing man with feathered head decoration
Standing man with feathered head decoration
Totonac Artist
250-450
standing female with rounded naturalistic features, round belly, large earspools and headdress, heavy collar, limbs missing except right leg.
Standing Female Figure
Huastec Artist
250 BCE-1530 CE
Spherical mace head with cylindrical hole carved from top to bottom in center. Human face carved into one side with large beak like nose, jutting mouth, shallow depressions for eyes, large nubbins for ears, back carved with vertical grooves (possibly hair).
Human-head mace head
Costa Rican Artist
300-500
Seated hand-fashioned female figure, large wedged nose extending from center of forehead to full lips, almond-shaped eyes, large earrings with white slip, pilled necklace, mantle around shoulders down to waist, small arms with hands attached to folded legs, heavy bracelets on arms; white, red, and blue traces of paint.
Seated Female Figurine
Maya Artist
550-830
Two standing figures, facing each other, on common base, arms raised, both have one hand behind opposite's head, the other on opposite's elbow; one figure has long skirt (female) other has short (male) both have necklace, earrings and nose ring, long conical heads with ponytail.
Pair of figures
West Mexican Artist
100 BCE-100 CE

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