Unknown Central and South American
Deity Impersonator

Deity Impersonator

Public Domain

Deity Impersonator
Artist
CultureColima
Titles
  • Deity Impersonator
Date300 BC–300 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumEarthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
DimensionsOverall (.A,.B): 15 in. (38.1 cm)
 .A, Figure: 11 1/4 × 6 × 4 1/2 in. (28.6 × 15.2 × 11.4 cm)
 .B, Helmet: 8 1/4 × 7 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (21 × 20 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James C. Flores at "One Great Night in November, 2013"
Object number2014.6.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, by 1969]; Private collection, by 1982; [Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2013, lot 17]; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2013–2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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