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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.60.46
Title
Small Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
600-800 CE
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico, Valley of Mexico
Culture
Teotihuacan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148452

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, mold-made
Dimensions
4.5 x 4.2 x 2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unknown

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.60.46
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Heart-shaped head with wrinkled, emaciated face and deeply set horizontal, almond shaped eyes and pursed mouth; nose broken. Top of head characterized by furrow between rounded forms, greyish-brown clay. Grooves outlining brows and radiating away from and below right eye suggesting an old and emaciated personage.

Verification Level

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