Vessel in the Shape of a Skull Artist: Unknown

1200–1521

Art of the Ancient Americas

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

Ceramic with pigment

Dimensions

4 1/8 × 3 5/8 × 4 3/4 in. (10.48 × 9.21 × 12.07 cm)
base diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.21 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2017.14.25

Geography
Period

Late Postclassic Period

Classification
Disclaimer

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Provenance

Provenance

Acquired from David Bramhall, New York, early 1980s.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 16
  • Samuel Y Edgerton, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, exh. cat. (Willamstown, Mass: Williams College Museum of Art, 1993), no. 55
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Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), utilitarian objects, vessels

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