Celt with Incised Design

900–400 B.C.

Greenstone with red pigment

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

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

2010.228.5

Geography:

Made in Guatemala

or made in Mexico

Status:

On view

Culture:

Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec

Period:

Middle Formative Period

Classification:

Ritual Objects

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).

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.