CultureMaya
Titles
- Maize God Figurine
Date600–900
Possible placeHonduras
Possible placeMexico
Possible placeGuatemala
MediumEarthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (14 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in memory of Frank and Eleanor Carroll
Object number2015.27
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
[1] Justin Kerr's log book.
Exhibition History"A Pre-Columbian Synthesis ..?; Mexican Atlantic Gulf Coast," Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, January 11-February 11, 1973.
"Jaina Figurines: A Study of Maya Iconography," The Art Museum, Princeton University, May 3- June 29, 1975.
"The Lives of Gods: Divinity in Maya Art," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 21, 2022 - April 2, 2023, & at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, May 7, 2023 - September 3, 2023.
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150–650 AD
Earthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
97.113.A,.B
600–900 AD
Earthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
93.389.A,.B