Eccentric Sculpture of a Serpent

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CultureMaya

Titles

Eccentric Sculpture of a Serpent

Date600–1000 AD

Possible placeGuatemala

Possible placeMexico

Possible placeHonduras

Possible placeBelize

MediumObsidian

Dimensions11 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 in. (27.9 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2017.245

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

STONE CARVING, SHELL & IVORY

ProvenancePossibly, [Willard Vine Clerk, Malden Bridge, NY] [1]; purchased by [André Emmerich, New York, by 1966] [1]; purchased by private collection, Europe, October 22, 1966; [Sotheby's, New York, Sale N09619, "Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas," May 15, 2017, Lot 63]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.

[1] Emmerich catalog, no. M-49.
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