Carved bone Awl with the head of a deity | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–800

Not on view

Medium: Bone (probably jaguar ulna) with traces of cinnabar
Dimensions: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Seymour Meyer in honor of Professor Michael Coe, HON. 1968
Accession Number: 2002.124.1
Geography: Guatemala, or Mexico
Culture: Guatemala or Mexico, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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Provenance

Probably purchased in Quiche area. On loan from Carol Meyer to Michael Coe for many years

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2002," in "The Original Work of Art: What It Has to Teach," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 131

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Additional information

Object/Work type

awls, utilitarian objects

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