Hacha with a Parrot-Head Helmet | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–900

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

Medium: Basalt
Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 6 1/16 × 2 9/16 in. (19 × 15.4 × 6.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2015.2.1
Geography: Veracruz, Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Veracruz
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Acquired from European Private Collector in early 1980s
Ex-collection European Private Collector

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 18, ill

Rubén Morante López, A Guided Tour: Xalapa Museum of Anthropology, exh. cat. (Xalapa, Veraxruz Mexico: Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, 2004), 130–31, no. 58

Samuel Y Edgerton, The Art of Mesoamerica Before Columbus: Gallery Guide, exh. cat. (Williamstown, Mass.: Williams College Museum of Art, 1993), no. 95

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, human figures (visual works), sculptures

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