Maize God Figurine

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
On view

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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.

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