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Warrior Head
300-900Precolumbian
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 14 cm)
Unknown, Remojadas
Mexican
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Clay
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1944.61
Location: Currently on view
Veracruz, the Gulf Coast region of Mexico, is rich in archaeological sites with great quantities of ceramic and stone sculptures. This head is a fragment of a larger figure, now missing. The influence from the Maya civilization to the south is visible in the face’s crossed eyes. The Maya believed that since humans had to squint their eyes to look at the sun, the Sun God squinted back. Thus, crossed eyes became a standard of beauty, and parents would hang beads between their children’s eyes so they became permanently crossed.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
John Monsky, Frenchtown, NJ; purchased from him by Brummer Gallery, New York [catalogue number N4881], January 27, 1941; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1944
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Pre-Spanish & American Indian Art Memorial Art Gallery 10/6/1944 - 00/00/00
- Around the World in Rochester 2/8/1952 - 3/2/1952
- European Paintings from the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery 1/15/1967 - 9/30/1967
- Contrasts/Comparisons 9/28/1973 - 10/28/1973
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Schilling, Susan E.. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 252-253
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Author: Hodik, Barbara J. and H. John Jacobi. Article Title: A Remojadas Head and a Jaina Figuine Whistle: Art and Icon. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 3 Issue Date: 1980. Page Number: 13-21, Figure Number: 1, p. 13; Fig. 1a, p.16 (xeroradiograph, positive reverse image)
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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Documents sale of object from Brummer Gallery to the Memorial Art Gallery