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Human effigy head
Mexican (undetermined)
Preclassic period
1200–400 B.C.
Object Place: México, Central or Western Highlands
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.783
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionSolid, hand-modeled human head broken from a figurine. Eyes and eyebrows are created by deeply incised lines. The top of the head is cone-shaped. The head likely was made separately from the body, indicated by a finger-sized concavity at the base of (underneath) the head.
ProvenanceBy 1972, acquired in Mexico or Guatemala by Margret Craver Withers (b. 1907 - d. 2010), Boston; 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)