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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

Unknown, Seated Figure Wearing Serpent Mask, 500–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ben B. Johnson, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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