Palma with a Waterbird

Palma with a Waterbird

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Palma with a Waterbird
CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
  • Palma with a Waterbird
Date300–1200 AD
PlaceVeracruz (Central), Mexico
MediumBasalt
DimensionsOverall: 32 1/4 × 9 × 5 7/8 in. (81.9 × 22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number96.800
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Alphonse Jax, New York, by at least 1979]; Dr. George S. Heyer, Jr. (1930–2015), Austin, ca. 1979–1996; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History“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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Bowl
Bowl
900–200 BC
Stone
2004.2532
Incensario Stand
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.638
Incensario Stand
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.637
Image Not Available for Figure
Figure
900–200 BC
Serpentine
2010.1057
Scholar's Way
Byung Hoon Choi
Scholar's Way
designed 2017
Basalt
2018.78.1-.3
Vase with Hunters and Waterbirds
Vase with Hunters and Waterbirds
600–900 AD
Earthenware with slip
89.264
front of object
Anthropomorphic Pendant
900–200 BC
Green stone
2010.901
Ankh Amulet
Ankh Amulet
3100 BC–100 AD
Black stone (probably basalt)
31.97
front of object
Human Figure
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.903
front of object
Human Figure
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.902
front of object
Double-Faced Human Head Effigy Bead
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.904
Head of a Deity
Head of a Deity
9th century
Andesite (volcanic stone)
91.333