Warrior with Weapon
Artist:
Unknown
Culture: Remojadas culture
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. A.D. 300-500
Medium: Earthenware with bitumen
Dimensions:
height: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
width: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
depth: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Elizabeth Huth Coates
Object number: 97.1.11
Provenance: with Elizabeth Huth Coates (nee Maddux) (1909-1996), San Antonio, TX, by 1997; by bequest of the Elizabeth Huth Coates estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1997
Label Text
This impressive warrior figure is remarkable for its size, good condition, and excellent sculptural quality. Bitumen (tar) was used extensively on the ceramics from this region of Mesoamerica to represent body decoration and to define a class of individuals set apart from others. (Marion Oettinger, 1998)
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