Hacha of a Supernatural Animal | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–900

Medium: Gray basalt
Dimensions: 6 × 3 9/16 × 3 3/8 in. (15.24 × 9 × 8.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2017.14.10
Geography: Veracruz, Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Veracruz
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Previously sold at Sotheby's New York, 5/17/93. Lot 175.
Acquired from Robert and Marianne Humber, Dixon, Illinois in the middle 1990s.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 14

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Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, mythology, sculptures

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