Human effigy head
200 B.C.–A.D. 100
Object PlaceVeracruz or northeastern Oaxaca, México
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: traces of red pigment
DimensionsOverall: 5.4 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm (2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.805
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.
A.D. 680–780
A.D. 600–750
A.D. 400–550
A.D. 400–550
A.D. 400–550
500–200 B.C.
A.D. 618–907
A.D. 618–907
A.D. 618–907
206 B.C.–A.D. 220
476–221 B.C.
480–221 B.C.