Female Effigy Rattle

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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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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

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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