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Seated Male Figure with Glyph C Headdress500–600 CE

Not on view
Stone sculpture of a seated figure with an elaborate fan headdress, circular chest ornament, and hands resting on a rectangular base, carved in sandy gray-brown stone
Stone sculpture of a seated figure in three-quarter view, wearing an elaborate feathered headdress and a carved pectoral ornament, with large circular ear spools; finely detailed face with naturalistic features, rough-textured gray stone surface.
Gray stone funerary urn depicting a seated figure wearing large circular ear ornaments, a pectoral collar, and an elaborate headdress with a frontal face, carved in the Zapotec tradition with textured surface detail.
Stone sculpture of a seated figure with a large hollow cylindrical headdress open at the top, flanked by flat ear ornaments and a scalloped upper rim, with arms resting at the sides; rough-hewn pale limestone surface with visible tool marks.
Title
Seated Male Figure with Glyph C Headdress
Culture
Zapotec
Place Made
Mexico, Monte Albán or vicinity
Date Made
500–600 CE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
19 1/2 × 12 × 10 1/2 in. (49.53 × 30.48 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.471
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.