Miniature fluted tecomate Maker: Unknown

1500–900 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Onyx\r\nWhite onyx with traces of red pigment

Dimensions

5.715 × 6.985 cm (2 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2008.215.35

Culture

Olmec

Period

Early Formative Period

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased from David Bramhall, New York in the late 1970s-early 1980s.
Bibliography

  • Sotheby's France, Paris, Le Soleil de Nuit : Trésors Précolombiens d‘une Grande Collection Française, sale cat. (October 30, 2019), 20–21, lot 2, ill.
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels), tecomate, utilitarian objects

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