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Funerary Double Urn with Warrior Head
400-8005 1/4 x 5 in. (13.3 x 12.7 cm)
Zapotec artist
Mexico
Zapotec; made in Oaxaca
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Clay, pigment
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1948.8
Location: Currently on view
This warrior figure wears an elaborate headdress, large ear ornaments, a necklace with pectoral pendant and a loincloth. Although the two cylindrical vessels are now empty, they may have held funerary offerings believed essential to the deceased’s survival and comfort in the afterlife.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Paul Drey Gallery, New York; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1948
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Around the World in Rochester 2/8/1952 - 3/2/1952
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Mention. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 13, Issue Number: 4. Issue Date: March 1948.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- 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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