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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown
Dancer Figure
400–100 B.C.
Ceramic
30.48 × 15 × 9.5 cm (12 × 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
other (wooden mount): 3 × 10 × 15 cm(1 3/16 × 3 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
other (wooden mount): 3 × 10 × 15 cm(1 3/16 × 3 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Gift of the Estates of Ivy Starr Minely and Dennis S. Minely
2016.145.7
Geography:
Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, Colima
Period:
Protoclassic Period
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Collection of Dennis and Ivy Minely
Purchased from Sotheby's NY, May 19, 1987, lot 159.
Ex-Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Cedric H. Marks
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).
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.
