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Art of the Ancient Americas
Maker: Unknown
Head fragment from hollow figure
1500–900 B.C.
Ceramic
13.653 × 8.255 × 8.573 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2008.215.4
Culture:
Olmec
Period:
Early Formative Period
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Purchased by David Bramhall in the late 1960s.
Bibliography:
“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.