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Collections

Seated Figure Wearing Serpent Mask500–900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic effigy vessel in the form of a seated figure with a tall hollow spout rising from the head, holding an object to its open mouth, gray-white clay with weathered surface
Title
Seated Figure Wearing Serpent Mask
Culture
Monte Alban IIIb (?)
Place Made
Mexico, Oaxaca
Date Made
500–900 CE
Medium
Gray ceramic, carved, incised, and burnished
Dimensions
Height: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ben B. Johnson
Accession Number
M.75.136.11
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas