Cylindrical Seal

1500–900 B.C.

Ceramic

10.16 × 9.84 × 0.93 cm (4 × 3 7/8 × 3/8 in.)

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

2015.1.5

Geography:

Made in Guatemala

or made in Mexico

Status:

On view

Culture:

Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec

Period:

Early Formative Period

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Acquired from a European Private Collector in the 1990s
Ex-collection European Private Collector

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

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.