Tripod dish with painted zoomorphic head
Artist
Veracruz artist(s)
CultureNorthern Veracruz
OriginVeracruz, Mexico
PeriodEarly Postclassic period (900-1200)
Date900-1200
MediumEarthenware, ochre slip, pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 25.5 cm (3 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
DescriptionVeracruz polychrome tripod dish, Early Postclassic period, Isla de los Sacrificios, painted in tan, dark brown and white pigment. The tondo is a highly stylized and plumed zoomorphic head, and surrounded by bands of geometric designs.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.86
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
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