Standing Warrior with Trophy Head

CultureAtlantic Watershed
Titles
  • Standing Warrior with Trophy Head
Date700–1100 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
MediumVolcanic stone
Dimensions26 × 17 1/2 × 7 3/4in. (66 × 44.5 × 19.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Allen H. Carruth and Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. in honor of Meredith J. Long at "One Great Night in November, 1992"
Object number92.454
Non exposé

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Provenance[Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, until 1992]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.

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front of object
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600–900 AD
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100 BC–700 AD
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front of object
900–200 BC
Stone
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front of object
900–200 BC
Stone
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Stone
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