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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Artist: Unknown

Face fragment

A.D. 600 or possibly later

Ceramic

11 × 9.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Gift of Joann and Gifford Phillips, Class of 1942
2008.115.33
Geography: 
Made in Mexico
Possibly made in Veracruz, Mexico
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Mexico, possibly Veracruz
Period: 
Early Classic Period
Classification: 
Sculpture
Bibliography: 

“The Collectors: A Cultvated Vision—Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips in New York City,” Architectural Digest (June 1983): n.p., ill.

“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.

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