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Deity Effigy Funerary Urn

CultureZapotec
OriginCerro de la Campana, Etla Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico
PeriodClassic Period (250/300-850 CE)
Date500-700
MediumEarthenware, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 76.8 cm (30 1/4 in.)
DescriptionZapotec vessel, Classic period, with hands resting on the crossed legs, wearing buccal mask over the face. Upper Jaw of the the Serpent headdress, elaborate jewelry, and centreal diminutive face panel pendant, with incised cape and loin cloth.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.179
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
Figural Conjoined Vessels with Seated Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-700 CE
Object number: G83.1.89
Emaciated Male and Female Seated Figures
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Carved cylinder vase with divination scene
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
Male Effigy Figure
500 BCE - 500 CE
Object number: G83.1.213
Seated figure with spiked headdress
500 BCE - 200 CE
Object number: G83.1.223
Effigy Jar with Anthropomorphic Mythical Being
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-300
Object number: G83.1.187
Harlequin with bagpipes
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
July 1736
Object number: G83.1.905
Seated Figure with Hands on Knees
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.201
Anthropomorphic Effigy Urn
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300-800
Object number: G83.1.91
Figure of a standing warrior
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
600-900
Object number: G83.1.75
Pair of Standing Female Figures
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.25.1 -2
'Kneeling Warrior' Effigy Jar
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
850-950
Object number: G83.1.121