Ceremonial Blade | Yale University Art Gallery

100 B.C.–A.D. 250

Medium: Knapped mahogany obsidian
Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (4.1 × 1.2 × 30.2 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2020.27.29
Geography: Colima, Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Colima
Period: Protoclassic Period
Classification: Arms
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Provenance

Ex-Collection, Meza family collection, acquired in the 1960s, Fernandez Family Collection: by descent from his grandfather, Dr. R. Fernandez MD, Spanish citizen, who was a gastroenterologist and his wife (also an MD), 1940s

Bibliography

"Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–21), 154, ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

armor, blades, ceremonial objects

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