Modeled Head of a Nobleman

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Modeled Head of a Nobleman

Mexico, Northern Lowlands?, Maya, 600–900 CE
Ceramics
Painted stucco
11 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (28.58 × 19.05 × 12.07 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1998.209.53)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.

  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
  • Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.

  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie.  Painting the Maya Universe:  Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period.  Durham:  Duke University Press, 1994.
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