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Pair of figurines

300 BC-AD 300

Object PlaceVeracruz, Mexico

Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with bitumen paint

DimensionsOverall: 29 x 9 x 6 cm (11 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.) lighter in color
Overall: 27.3 x 9 x 4 cm (10 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.) more red in color

Credit LineGift of Marla S. and Bertram Perkel

Accession number2014.542.1-2

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ClassificationsFigurines

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBetween about 1955 and 1970, acquired by Jules Berman (b. 1910 - d. 1998), Los Angeles [see note 1]; December 12, 1974, Berman collection sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 322, to Bertram and Marla Perkel, North Truro, MA; 2014, gift of Bertram and Marla Perkel to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)

NOTES:
[1] This object formed part of Jules Berman’s “Kahlua Collection.” Berman began collecting Pre-Columbian art in 1955; his collection was used throughout the 1960s in print ads for Kahlúa. In 1970, he left the Kahlúa organization and took his collection with him.