Standing figurine with head crest and hair braids Maker: Unknown

1500–900 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Cream slipped ceramic

Dimensions

13.335 × 5.08 cm (5 1/4 × 2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974

Accession Number

2008.215.19

Culture

Olmec

Period

Early Formative Period

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With Lands Beyond, New York, by late 1960s; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, late 1960s (inv. no. PCS387); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

figurines, human figures (visual works)

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