Monkey Effigy Jar

A.D. 900–1519

Tecali stone or alabaster (translucent white stone)

12.7 cm (5 in.)
other (of jar): 9.1 cm(3 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

1958.14.5

Geography:

Veracruz, Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Aztec or Nahua, Veracruz

Period:

Postclassic Period

Classification:

Containers - Stone

Provenance:

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1958 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography:

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 320, ill.

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 78, 245, no. 125, fig. 68.

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