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Human effigy head

A.D. 300–800
Object PlaceVeracruz or eastern Oaxaca, México
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: traces of dark red pigment
DimensionsOverall: 7.7 x 8.5 x 4 cm (3 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.792
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFigurines
Collections
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.
Seated male hunchback effigy
200 B.C.–A.D. 300
Human effigy head
500–200 B.C.
Human effigy head
200 B.C.–A.D. 100
Human effigy head
1000–500 B.C.
Standing female effigy
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Human effigy
600–200 B.C.
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.