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Art of the Ancient Americas
Maker: Unknown
Standing Figure
100 B.C.–A.D. 100
Mottled green stone
9.8 × 4.4 cm (3 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1958.86.14
Geography:
Guerrero, Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
Period:
Early Classic 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:
Richard Brettell, “Mezcala Stone Sculpture in the Olsen Collection,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 1 (Summer 1974): 16, fig. 1.
George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 91, 252, no. 165, fig. 82.
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.
