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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Artist: Unknown

Bowl with Hand-Paw-Wing Motif

1500–1300 B.C.

Ceramic with black slip

12.07 × 31.12 cm (4 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
2018.12.24
Geography: 
Geography Mexico
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Mexico, Olmec
Period: 
Early Formative
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

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

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

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.