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

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Stucco Head

Maker Maya culture (Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula)

Date500-800

Made/manufacturedYucatan, North and Central America

MediumStucco and pigments

Dimensions6 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (15.6 x 14 x 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.

Object numberS-82-65

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionStucco head with wide, flattened face, open mouth with well formed upper lip, prominent upper teeth (not defined though), lower lip is missing along with all the left side of face, nose is missing but nostril holes can be seen, right eye very shallowly defined; faded red pigment on remaining surface of face.