Stylized Head Artist: Unknown

before 400 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Jadeite

Dimensions

7.4 × 7.6 × 5 cm (2 15/16 × 3 × 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Luke William Finlay

Accession Number

1984.112

Geography

Nicaragua

Culture

Nicaragua, Ometepe Island

Period

Preclassic Period(?)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Found on Ometepe Island (on Lake Nicaragua) in 1930 or 1931, TR note states it was found in 1932, but letter (in donor file) from donor says 1930 or 31.
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions 1984," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 39, no. 3 (Winter 1986): 82.
  • George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 60, no. 84.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), sculptures, utilitarian objects

Subject

headdresses

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