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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Vessel in the Shape of a Skull
1200–1521
Ceramic with pigment
10.48 × 9.21 × 12.07 cm (4 1/8 × 3 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
base diameter: 9.21 cm (3 5/8 in.)
base diameter: 9.21 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2017.14.25
Geography:
Mexico
Status:
On view
Culture:
Mexico, southern Puebla, Coatlalpanec culture
Period:
Late Postclassic Period
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Acquired from David Bramhall, New York, early 1980s.
Bibliography:
Samuel Y Edgerton, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, exh. cat. (Willamstown, Mass: Williams College Museum of Art, 1993), no. 55.
“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).
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.
