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Bead500 BCE–1000 CE

Not on view
Small stone sculpture with a stylized human face carved in low relief, mottled slate gray-green, with geometric grooves suggesting brow ridges and a broad nose

Unknown, Bead, 500 BCE–1000 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bead
Culture
Mezcala
Place Made
Mexico, Guerrero
Date Made
500 BCE–1000 CE
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
Height: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.2001.212.71
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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