Chicomecoatl (maize diety)
1350–1521
Object PlaceMexico
Medium/TechniqueBasalt
DimensionsOverall: 43.2 x 24.1 x 14 cm (17 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift from the Collection of Shirley and Hy Zaret
Accession number2008.182
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1950, sold by Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, to the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; 1999, deaccessioned by the Portland Art Museum for sale; June 21, 1999, sale, Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, lot 2202, to Lands Beyond Gallery, New York; sold by Lands Beyond Gallery to Hy and Shirley Zaret, Westport, CT; 2008, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2008)
AD 800–1550
400–800
AD 800–1400
800–1400 CE
800–1400 CE
A.D. 300–700
A.D. 1100–1520
600–850
AD 400-800
760–332 B.C.