Face with Headdress from Effigy Vessel

CultureMaya
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  • Face with Headdress from Effigy Vessel
Date900–1519
Made inMexico
MediumEarthenware with painted stucco
Dimensions8 1/8 × 7 7/8 × 6 3/4 in. (20.6 × 20 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harry K. Wright Collection
Object number2015.478
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceHarry K. Wright (1928–2015), Houston, 1950s–2015; by descent to Francis T. Kalmbach (1935–2016), Houston, 2015; given to MFAH, 2015.

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