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Funerary urn

Artist PRE-COLUMBIAN/ZAPOTEC

Date500-700

MediumGrey clay

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg

Object number1954.22.164

DescriptionThe "deity" represented on the urn has been called by Caso and Bernal the "deity with the head dress of the upper jaw of the serpent". The eyes are long, the nose is heavy. The cheeks and chin are round and the mouth has a labial formation.The hair is short and in bangs; the headress begins immediately above the hairline as a massive upper jaw of a serpent. The eyes are half-concealed by a pouch and the eyebrows are stylized. The urn is contstructed of grey clay.

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