https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/352/fullAnthropomorphic Effigy Urn300-800Zapotec artist(s)Overall: 38.5 x 23.5 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)Earthenware, red pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Monte Alban, Oaxaca, MexicoG83.1.910Zapotec bat effigy urn, Monte Alban III, Classic period, of a crouching figure with front paws clenched, head with open mouth and extended tongue, perforated eyes, large ears and forehead crest. It is wearing a twisted rope work necklace with central pendant, and there are traces of pigment remaining.
MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica183707478ZapotecClassic Period, Monte Alban III (250/300-850 CE)