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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Maker: Unknown

Standing figure with snake in one hand

1000–300 B.C.

Ceramic painted red

28.893 × 12.065 × 9.525 cm (11 3/8 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2010.228.2
Geography: 
Mexico
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Mexico, Xochipala
Period: 
Middle Formative Period
Classification: 
Sculpture
Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).

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.