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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Head
Maker
Mexican
Date
350-650
Medium
blackware
Dimensions
2 × 2 1/4 × 1 in. (5.1 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)
Classifications
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of John F. and Lynn T. Scott
Object number
2018.52.3
Collections
ANCIENT AMERICAN
Description
Object is trapezoidal, as it represents a head with well defined features and flaring headdress; black clay body with white residue; loss on right side; the head was originally part of a complete form, now detached below the chin
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