Hand ax with human effigy | Yale University Art Gallery

Medium: Dark green stone with dull finish
Dimensions: 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (7 × 4.2 × 16 cm)
Credit Line: Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund
Accession Number: 1973.88.36
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Jalisco, Sinaloa
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 171–72, 337, no. 382, fig. 215

"Acquisitions, 1973," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 1 (Summer 1974), 78

Object copyright

Not Assigned

Additional information

Object/Work type

axes (tools), human figures (visual works)

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