Human effigy head
500–200 B.C.
Object PlaceGuatemala
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: traces of orange and red pigment
DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.784
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.
650–750 AD
1–550
A.D. 250–850
A.D. 600–750
A.D. 1–500
A.D. 680–780
A.D. 600–750
A.D. 400–550
A.D. 400–550
A.D. 400–550
200 B.C.–A.D. 100
A.D. 618–907