Votive Figural Sculpture, or "Axe"

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CultureOlmec

Titles

Votive Figural Sculpture, or "Axe"

Datec. 1000–500 BC

MediumGreenstone

Dimensions9 5/8 × 4 5/16 × 1 3/8 in. (24.5 × 11 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Samuel Merrin in memory of Frances Marzio

Object number2023.232

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

STONE CARVING, SHELL & IVORY

ProvenanceHermann Beyer (1880–1942), Louisiana, before 1927 [1] [2]; Private collection, by 1927 [1] [2]; P. Possenbacher, Monte Carlo, by 1966 [3]; [Edward H. Merrin, Veracruzana, New York, by 1969] [3]; Curtis Katz, Great Neck, New York, 1969–2018 [3]; by descent to heirs, 2018; Samuel Merrin, New York, 2018–2023; given to MFAH, 2023.

[1] Hermann Beyer, "Nota bibliográfica sobre 'Tribes and Temples' de F. Blom y O. Farge," El México Antiguo 2, no. 11-12 (1927): 305-313, fig. 1.

[2] Marshall H. Saville, "Votive Axes from Ancient Mexico," Indian Notes 6, no. 2 (Apr. 1929): 278-280, fig. 91.

[3] Veracruzana Invoice dated September 23, 1969.
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