Zapotec Seated Figural Urn, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950
Earthenware with slip
height 13 3/4in (35cm)
Depicting the Corn God, wearing a large headdress, spool earrings and holding a vase with snake elements in its hands; collection number "E3051.73" in red marker behind headdress, the nose and mouth broken away.
PROVENANCE
Archaeological Institute of America St. Louis Society since 1911-1912. A Thermoluminescence Report conducted by Alpha Analytic Inc., Coral Gables, Florida, March 1987 confirms the date of A.D. 600-900.
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'Archaeological Institute of America St. Louis Society since 1911-1912. A Thermoluminescence Report conducted by Alpha Analytic Inc., Coral Gables, Florida, March 1987 confirms the date of A.D. 600-900.'