Stingray spine | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–800

Not on view

Medium: Spine of a sting ray
Dimensions: 0.5 × 0.75 × 15.24 cm (3/16 × 5/16 × 6 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Seymour Meyer in honor of Professor Michael Coe, HON. 1968
Accession Number: 2002.124.2
Geography: Guatemala, or Mexico
Culture: Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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Provenance

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

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Object/Work type

utilitarian objects

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