Hacha in the Shape of a Skull | Yale University Art Gallery

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A.D. 600–900

Medium: Grey stone with probable cinnabar
Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 8 × 1 in. (26.67 × 20.32 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore N. Kaplan and Henry Tobin
Accession Number: 2016.148.13
Geography: Veracruz, Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Veracruz
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Purchased from the Lands Beyond, New York 1993, #4507
Sonia Canas, Miami Fl.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 14

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Object/Work type

sculptures

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