CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
- Hacha in the Form of a Skull
Date600–900
OriginMexico, Gulf Coast
MediumGreenstone
Dimensions8 × 6 1/4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 15.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2018.38
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Exhibition History"Precolumbian Art in New York: Selections from Private Collections," The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, September 12–November 9, 1969.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label in pen and ink on base: [indecipherable] / 744.79
Label in white printed ink on base: GR / 689
Label in white printed ink on base: GR / 689
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Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Stone
2010.1105
Unknown Central and South American
700–1000 AD
Bone
2002.4435
Unknown Central and South American
1200–1532 AD
Stone, shell, and string
2004.2439