Standing Male Figure Artist: Unknown

A.D. 200–500

Art of the Ancient Americas

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium

Manatee bone with pigment

Dimensions

12.4 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm (4 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas T. Solley, B.A. 1950

Accession Number

2002.15.8

Geography

Mexico, or Belize

Culture

Belize or Mexico, Maya

Period

Early Classic Period

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
With Merrin Gallery, New York, 1985; Thomas T. Solley (1924–2006), Bloomington, Ind., by 2002; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2002
Bibliography
  • Mary E. Miller et al., Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, eds. Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Essex Museum, 2010), 28, fig. 2.
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 192, 385, pl. 178, ill.
  • "Acquisitions 2002," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003): 131.
  • Megan O'Neil, "Bone into Body, Manatee into Man," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2002): 92–97, fig. 1–2.
  • David M. Pendergast, Excavations at Altun Ha, Belize, 1964–70 (Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1982), vol. 1.
  • Paul Healy, "Archaeological Research in Belize," Mexicon 2, no. 1 (1980).
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

figures (representations), sculpture

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