Vulture-Man Hacha

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Vulture-Man Hacha
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CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
  • Vulture-Man Hacha
Date300–600 AD
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
MediumStone
Dimensionshead: 8 × 4 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 10.2 × 16.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of William B. O'Boyle
Object number91.1802
Not on view

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ProvenanceWilliam B. O'Boyle, New York, by at least 1980–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica and Ecuador: Selections from Distinguished Private Collections." Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, October 9–November 30, 1980.

“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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