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Art of the Ancient Americas
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:
Mexico
Possibly Veracruz, Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, possibly Veracruz
Period:
Early Classic Period
Classification:
Sculpture
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.
“The Collectors: A Cultvated VisionMr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips in New York City,” Architectural Digest (June 1983): n.p., ill.
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