Head
Artist
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
Date650-750 CE
Mediumfired clay
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1954.22.60
DescriptionHead of flat mold-made clay figurine with elaborate, feathered headdress and ear plugs. The black is unmodelled, so perhaps the piece was an "adorno" attached to a vessel such as an incensario. Buff clay with faint traces of red paint.On View
Not on viewCollections
600-700 A.D.
