Unknown Central and South American
Palma with a Waterbird

Palma with a Waterbird

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Palma with a Waterbird
Artist
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
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Bowl
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Stone
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Incensario Stand
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Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.637
Incensario Stand
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Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.638
Image Not Available for Figure
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Figure
900–200 BC
Serpentine
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Vase with Hunters and Waterbirds
600–900 AD
Earthenware with slip
89.264
front of object
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Anthropomorphic Pendant
900–200 BC
Green stone
2010.901
front of object
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Human Figure
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.903
front of object
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Human Figure
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.902
front of object
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Double-Faced Human Head Effigy Bead
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.904
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Pectoral Depicting the Head of a Fanged Andean Condor Deity
900–200 BC
Gold
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Votive Figural Sculpture, or "Axe"
c. 1000–500 BC
Greenstone
2023.232
Pair of Hourglass-shaped Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Hourglass-shaped Ear Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2