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Human effigy head

1200–400 B.C.
Object PlaceMéxico
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.783
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.
Warrior effigy
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Standing female effigy
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Seated human effigy
300 B.C.–A.D. 200
Human effigy head
500–200 B.C.
Humanoid effigy head
A.D. 900–1521
Human effigy head
200 B.C.–A.D. 100
Female effigy head
1200–500 B.C.
Human effigy head
300 B.C.–A.D. 200
Warrior effigy
AD 600–750