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Maize God Figurine

Maize God Figurine

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Maize God Figurine
Artist
CultureMaya
Titles
  • Maize God Figurine
Date600–900
Possible placeMexico
Possible placeHonduras
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 Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Alphonse Jax, New York, by November 1970] [1]; purchased by William J. Stark, Denver, before 1973; purchased by [Alphonse Jax, New York]; purchased by private collection, Paris, until 2004; [Christie's, New York, November 12, 2004, lot 55]; purchased by private collection, New York, 2004–2015; sold through Atlantic Art Partners, New York; purchaed by Frank Carroll, Houston, February 2015; given to MFAH, 2015.

[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.
Published References http://research.mayavase.com/kerrportfolio.html, file no. 198 (added on June 2, 2001, but photographed in November 1970). Pre-Columbian Synthesis ..?; Mexican Atlantic Gulf Coast. Miami: Lowe Art Museum, 1973. Page 33, figure 108. Miller, Mary. Jaina Figurines: A Study of Maya Iconography. Princeton, NJ, 1975. Figure 22, facing page 57. Kurbjuhn, Kornelia. "Busts in Flowers: A Singular Theme in Jaina Figurines." Fourth Palenque Round Table, 1980. San Francisco, CA, 1985. Page 232, figure 7. Christie's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, New York, November 12, 2004; lot 55. Pillsbury, Joanne, Editor. "Lives of the Gods : Divinity in Maya Art." New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022. Page 151, figure 121.

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Unknown Central and South American