Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
Ceramic human figure head effigy fragment
Mesoamerican; Aztec
Ceramic vessel fragment with anthropomorphic image of a lord or deity with an elaborate headdress and personal adornment
Mesoamerican; Zapotec
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Anthropology Collection

Ameca-Etzatlan style hollow female ceramic funerary effigy sculpture / Mesoamerican; West Mexican

Previous Next Download Add Order Contact

Essay/Description

Funerary sculpture. Ceramic sculpture. Ameca-Etzatlan style. Hollow construction. Seated female effigy. Sculpted earrings, hat, armbands, and wristbands.

Ameca-Etzatlan style indicates the predominant style of ceramics associated with the workshops of Ameca-Etzatlan region of Jalisco, Mexico.

You may be interested in...

©Gilcrease Museum
Title(s): 
Ameca-Etzatlan style hollow female ceramic funerary effigy sculpture
Culture: 
Mesoamerican; West Mexican
Date: 
300 BCE - 300 CE
Period: 
Late Preclassic
Place: 
Jalisco, México
Materials/Techniques: 
clay, slip, paint
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Effigy
Accession No: 
54.4188
Department: 
Anthropology
Not On View

Our Online Collections site is a work in progress. If you have information about this item that may be of assistance, please contact us.