Cylindrical Seal Maker: Unknown

1500–900 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas
Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (6.985 × 6.35 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2008.215.28

Geography

Guatemala, or Mexico

Culture

Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec

Period

Early Formative Period

Classification

Tools and Equipment

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Provenance
Purchased in New York, by Peter David Joralemon, New York, late 1970s (inv. no. PCS369); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 144
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

seals, utilitarian objects

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