Bone Carved with a Male Figure and an Inscription

A.D. 750–1000

Medium: Human bone
Dimensions: 12 in. (30.5 cm) approximate
Credit Line: Purchased with a gift from Frederick R. Mayer, B.A. 1950, and the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 1991.130.1
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Northern Yucatan or Jaina Island, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Collected in the 1950's by Charles Olsen; purchased by Hurst Gallery in 1982.

Bibliography

Michael D. Coe, The Maya, 6th ed. (New York: Thames and Hudson, 2002), fig. 64, 66

Adam Herring, "After Life: A Carved Maya Bone from Xcalumkin," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1995–96), 48–50, fig. 1a–b, 2

Herbert J. Spinden, A Study of Maya Art: Its Subject Matter and Historical Development (Cambridge, Mass.: Dover Publications, 1913), 56–58, 150–151

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), sculptures

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