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San Antonio Museum of Art, the Robert K. Winn Collection.
Stamp
San Antonio Museum of Art, the Robert K. Winn Collection.
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Stamp

Artist Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
CultureAztec
Dateca. A.D. 1200-1550
MediumEarthenware
Dimensionslength: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
width: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, the Robert K. Winn Collection
Object number85.1.447
Geography
Place madeMexico
General regionNorth and Central America
DescriptionEarthenware whole roller stamp with geometric motifs.Label TextStamps such as this could have been made by pressing clay into a mold or carved by hand. This stamp might have been used with paint or dye to decorate cloth or the human body. The geometric motifs that make up this stamp mirror those painted on earthenware vessels. (Bernadette Cap, 2022)Provenancewith Robert K. Winn (d. 1979), San Antonio, TX, by 1973; by inheritance to the Steves Foundation (Mrs. Marshall Steves)/San Antonio Folk Art Museum, 1979; by donation to the San Antonio Museum Association, 1985; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Not on view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection.
Stamp
Unknown
Culture: Aztec
ca. A.D. 1200-1550
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter P. Cecere.
Bread Stamp
Culture: Spanish
early 19th century
Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Textile Stamps
19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection.
Stamp
Unknown
Culture: Aztec
ca. A.D. 1200-1550
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter P. Cecere.
Bread Stamp
Culture: Spanish
early 19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter P. Cecere.
Bread Stamp
Culture: Spanish
1807
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Stamp seal
Culture: Halaf or Ubaid culture
ca. 6500-3800 B.C.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Stamp seal in the form of a cat and a hedgehog
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 1279-1213 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of John and Kathi Oppenheimer.
Stamp
Culture: Mesoamerica
n.d.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of John and Kathi Oppenheimer.
Roller stamp
Culture: Aztec
AD 1200-1521
Gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Bowl
Unknown
Culture: Jalisco
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Pen case with inkwell
Culture: Syrian
19th century

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