Celt with Incised Design Maker: Unknown

900–400 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

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

Medium

Greenstone with red pigment

Dimensions

28.575 × 8.573 cm (11 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2010.228.5

Geography

Guatemala, or Mexico

Culture

Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec

Period

Middle Formative Period

Classification

Ritual Objects

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ex Collection:
Fritts Seiss, Leverkusen, Germany in 1960; Ulrich Hoffman, Stuttgard, Germany in 1994; Herta Dybwad, Stuttgard, 1994; Ragna Dybwad, Norwegen 2002 by descent, Ulrigc Hoffmann, Stuttgart
Acquired from Arte Primitivo, New York, 6/6/06, Lot 9.
Bibliography

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

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

celts, utilitarian objects

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