Unknown Central and South American
Axe Figure

CultureMezcala
Titles
  • Axe Figure
Date100 BC–300 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumGreenstone
Dimensions12 × 5 × 2 in.

Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number57.4
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Latin America, Then and Now," Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, Sept 16 - Oct. 4 1959

Exhibited: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art", Tyler Museum of Art, Texas, December 12, 1982 - February 6, 1983 (LN:82.31)

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Votive Figural Sculpture, or "Axe"
Unknown Central and South American
c. 1000–500 BC
Greenstone
2023.232
Earring
Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and greenstone
2002.4454
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–600 AD
Greenstone and gold
2002.4382
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.7
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.6
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.5
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.4
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.3
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.2
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.8
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.17
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Greenstone, earthenware, and shell
2002.4351.12