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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 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
500–200 B.C.
Human effigy head
1000–500 B.C.
Human effigy head
A.D. 300–800
Standing female effigy
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
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.