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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Maker: Unknown

Figurine fragment

ca. 1250

Ceramic

with base: 8.1 × 7.7 cm (3 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1958.14.63aa
Geography: 
Geography Mexico
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Mexico, Toltec
Period: 
Early Postclassic Period
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

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

Bibliography: 

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 49, no. 49.

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.