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Pendant figure (penate)
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Pendant figure (penate)
Maker
Mexican
Date
1200-1500
Medium
stone
Dimensions
1 5/8 × 1 × 1/4 in. (4.1 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
Classifications
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of John F. and Lynn T. Scott
Object number
2018.52.6
On View
Not on view
Collections
ANCIENT AMERICAN
Description
Abstract depiction of human body created by carving and incising greenstone. The form is roughly cylindrical.
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