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Art of the Ancient Americas
Maker: Unknown
Standing male figure with lacerated penis
1000–300 B.C.
White slipped and painted ceramic
25.73 × 10.16 × 6.35 cm (10 1/8 × 4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2008.215.45
Culture:
Maya
Period:
Early Formative to Middle Formative Period
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Purchased from Fine Arts of Ancient Lands in the early 1970s.
Bibliography:
Elizabeth P. Benson, Peter David Joralemon, and Justin Kerr, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica and Ecuador: Selections from Distinguished Private Collections, exh. cat. (Coral Gables, Fla: The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1980).
“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.
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 such records is ongoing.
