Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head
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Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Pottery Figurine Head

18206

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Central Mexico,Classic Period, ca. 300–500 AD

Small solid head of buff pottery, broken from a figurine. The heart shape face is broad and flat, below a high headdress or hairstyle with two rounded lobes and a central cleft. The eyes and mouth are deeply cut horizontal slits, the nose is pinched and projecting, and the brows are lightly ridged. There are rounded ear ornaments or side locks at the temples, now worn. Originally part of a small figure, probably made for burial or household ritual. Broken at the neck, with surface wear, earthen deposits, dark mineral spots and losses at the sides of the head. Mounted on a black wooden base.

Size: 2 inches (5.1 cm) W. x 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) H. x 1 inch (2.5 cm) D. + custom base.

Provenance: Private Mercer Island WA collection by descent from Ruth Goldwyn Capps & Henry McClure Capps (known as Mac) who was an art director and production designer for TV & films in the mid-1950s.

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