Stone human head / Mesoamerican; Mayan

Essay/Description

Stone sculpture -- “thin stone head”

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Stone human head

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Mayan

Date:

Unknown

Period:

Mesoamerican Prehistoric

Place:

Vera Cruz, México

Materials/Techniques:

stone

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Hacha

Accession No:

61.8892

Department:

Anthropology

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anthropomorphic, Art, ball games, Ceremonial, effigies, effigy, effigys, heads, , man, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian, regalia, sculpture, Vera Cruz

These carved, stone heads were associated with the ball-game. There is often a notch or projecting tenon at the back for attachment. They are common in Classic Veracruz and in highland Guatemala (Weaver 1993, 491).

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Stone human head. 61.8892. . Unknown. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/618892 (06/08/2017).

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