Five Ceremoinial Blades

1200–1521

Copper Alloy

2010.228.4.1: 13.59 × 42.8 × 1.13 cm (5 3/8 × 16 7/8 × 7/16 in.) 2010.228.4.2: 13.54 × 41.6 × 1 cm (5 5/16 × 16 3/8 × 3/8 in.) 2010.228.4.3: 11.17 × 14.16 × 1.06 cm (4 3/8 × 5 9/16 × 7/16 in.) 2010.228.4.4: 14.8 × 41.9 × 0.97 cm (5 13/16 × 16 1/2 × 3/8

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

2010.228.4.1-.5

Geography:

Made in Mexico

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Mexican

Period:

Late Postclassic Period

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Ex Collection: Dr. Ed Gilmore, Boston, acquired from The Lands Beyond, New York in the 1970s
Acquired from The Lands Beyond, New York in the 1980s

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.