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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown

Male Figure with a Wig, Collar, and Scepter

900–300 B.C.

Dark brown stone

11.11 × 3.81 × 2.54 cm (4 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
2018.173.8
Geography: 
Mexico
possibly Veracruz, Mexico
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Mexico, possibly Veracruz, Arroyo Pesquero, Olmec
Period: 
Middle Formative
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Ex-Collection Private Miami Collection
Barry Kiernaman, Toironto Canada acquired late 1960s-early 1970s

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.