Anthromorphic Urn
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Oaxaca, Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: Zapotec
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 300 B.C.
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions:
h. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); w. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); d. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Elizabeth Huth Coates
Object number: 97.1.16
Provenance: with Elizabeth Huth Coates (nee Maddux) (1909-1996), San Antonio, TX, before 1997; by bequest of the Elizabeth Huth Coates estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1997
Label Text
This gray ware Zapotec urn is typical of early vessels fron Monte Alban and other ceremonial sites in the Valley of Oaxaca. It may be associated with Cocijo, the water diety. (Marion Oettinger, 1998)
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