Human effigy head
300–100 B.C.
Object PlaceGuanajuato, México
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with traces of brown slip
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 5.2 x 2 cm (1 9/16 x 2 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.790
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.
750–770 AD
About 4th century A.D.
about 4th century A.D.
650–750 AD
600–200 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
about 3rd century A.D.
A.D. 400–550
A.D. 400–550
A.D. 750–900
300 B.C.–A.D. 200
A.D. 1–500