Human effigy head
1000–500 B.C.
Object PlaceEl Salvador
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: traces of red pigment
DimensionsOverall: 9.1 x 8.6 x 7.2 cm (3 9/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.788
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFigurines
Collections
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.
A.D. 600–750
500–200 B.C.
200 B.C.–A.D. 100
A.D. 300–800
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
600–400 B.C.
1200–700 B.C.
200 B.C.–A.D. 300
600–200 B.C.
300–100 B.C.
300–100 B.C.
300–100 B.C.