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Collections

Skull-Shaped Censer1400–1521

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a stylized human head with bulging circular eyes, a wide slit mouth, large disk-shaped ear ornaments, and perforations along the crown, pale gray surface

Unknown, Skull-Shaped Censer, 1400–1521, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Skull-Shaped Censer
Culture
Mixtec-Puebla
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
1400–1521
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1993.217.28
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas