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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
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
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
Not on view
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