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Head600–900 CE

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Small terracotta ceramic head with a wide, squinting face, open mouth showing teeth, and incised geometric headdress, mounted on a narrow cylindrical foot

Unknown, Head, 600–900 CE (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Head
Culture
Remojadas
Place Made
Mexico, Remojadas, Veracruz
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.191
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
  • Reiman, Karen Cordero. Another Promised Land: Anita Brenner's Mexico. Los Angeles: Skirball Cultural Center, 2017.

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