Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate

Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate

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Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate
CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions3 7/8 × 4 7/8 dia. in. (9.8 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Samuel Merrin in honor of the twentieth anniversary of Frances and Peter C. Marzio at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2002.445
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceSamuel Merrin, New York, until 2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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