Pipe with Hummingbird

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Pipe with Hummingbird

Mexico, Western Oaxaca or Puebla, Mixtec-Puebla, 1100–1400
Ceramics
Ceramic with postfire application of Maya blue pigment
Height: 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm)
Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary (M.90.168.30)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.