Incised Conch Shell Horn with Old Creator Deity

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Incised Conch Shell Horn with Old Creator Deity

Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico, Maya, 600–900 CE
Shell
Diameter: 1 in. (2.54 cm); 7 x 6 x 6 in. (17.78 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.867)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • 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.