Unknown Central and South American
Duck Vessel

CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Duck Vessel
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (20.6 × 23.5 × 17.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number86.393
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Provenance[Alphonse Jax, New York, until 1986]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.
Exhibition History"Containers and Vessels" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston October 21, 1989–January 1990 Subsequent tour

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