. Ancient Mexico and Central America. Indian art; Indian art. If this head is an accurate measure of tlie si/e oi (lie funerary urn it once topped, the complete figure would have been about life size and therefore unusually large. It is from central Oaxaca and dates from about 500 The head is notable for its prominent eyebrows and the grotesque mask with a trunk-like appendage covering the lower face. Decorating the front of the headdress is a row of standing cars of corn, obviously molded from actual corn. Urns of this period are usually composed of mold-made elements joined and then fir
. Ancient Mexico and Central America. Indian art; Indian art. If this head is an accurate measure of tlie si/e oi (lie funerary urn it once topped, the complete figure would have been about life size and therefore unusually large. It is from central Oaxaca and dates from about 500 The head is notable for its prominent eyebrows and the grotesque mask with a trunk-like appendage covering the lower face. Decorating the front of the headdress is a row of standing cars of corn, obviously molded from actual corn. Urns of this period are usually composed of mold-made elements joined and then fired as a single ceramic piece. The deity represented in this imposing fragment is unidentified. Head portion of larac ceramic urn. Oaxaca. Height I6'<) /. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Museum of Natural History; Boltin, Lee; Meyer, Alfred P. , 1935-. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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