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.)

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.