Unknown Central and South American
Head Cup

Head Cup

Public Domain

Head Cup
Artist
CultureZapotec
Titles
  • Head Cup
Date200 BC–100 AD
PlaceOaxaca, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (7.6 × 12.1 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number89.33
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, Inc., New York, until 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History"Containers and Vessels" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston October 21, 1989–January 1990. Subsequent tour

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