Vase with Two Profile Heads

Vase with Two Profile Heads

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Vase with Two Profile Heads
CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Vase with Two Profile Heads
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceTlapacoya, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 5 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (14.1 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harry C. Hanszen
Object number65.68
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceAlice Nicholson Hanszen (1900–1977), Houston, until 1965; given to MFAH, 1965.

Exhibition History"Los Olmecas Exhibition." University Gallery, University of Florida, 22 March - 26 April 1981(LN: 81.4)

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