Funerary Urn with Maize God

CultureZapotec
Titles
  • Funerary Urn with Maize God
Date200–600 AD
PlaceOaxaca, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions11 3/8 × 9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.

Credit LineThe McDannald Collection, gift of Arthur T. McDannald
Object number63.208
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceArthur T. McDannald, Houston, until d. 1963; given to MFAH, 1963.
Exhibition History"Pre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections," Huntsville Museum of Art, 9 Sept - 31 Dec 1979 (LN: 79.13)

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