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Human effigy head
Human effigy head

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 view
ClassificationsFigurines
Collections
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.
Human effigy head
1000–500 B.C.
Human effigy head
A.D. 300–800
Human effigy head
200 B.C.–A.D. 100
Seated male hunchback effigy
200 B.C.–A.D. 300
Human effigy
600–200 B.C.
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.
Female effigy with water jar
300 B.C.–A.D. 300