Female Effigy Rattle

CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
  • Female Effigy Rattle
Date600–900 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumEarthenware with traces of pigment
Dimensions10 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (27 × 21 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2016.109
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceRobert Huber and Marianne Huber, Dixon, IL, mid-1960s—1996; sold through [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, June 9, 1996–2016; given to MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition HistoryThe Lind Gallery, Rockford, Illinois, 1971.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, February 23, 2005–August 26, 2014; April 14, 2015–May 23, 2016, when accessioned as gift.

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