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Art of the Ancient Americas
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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
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
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2010.228.4.1-.5
Geography:
Mexico
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.
