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Source Description
This architectural sculpture fragment probably once formed part of a tomb façade; technically similar sculptures have been found at the Zapotec site Lambityeco. Ancestral tombs were usually located beneath the courtyard of the family home and were often reused for successive generations. This image of a man wearing a feline mask over the lower face may portray a lineage founder.
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Document identity
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159692
label
Architectural Sculpture Fragment
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159692
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object
title
Architectural Sculpture Fragment
description
This architectural sculpture fragment probably once formed part of a tomb façade; technically similar sculptures have been found at the Zapotec site Lambityeco. Ancestral tombs were usually located beneath the courtyard of the family home and were often reused for successive generations. This image of a man wearing a feline mask over the lower face may portray a lineage founder.
date
c. 700–1000
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79979714
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 22.8 x 12.5 x 13 cm (9 x 4 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
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Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
accession
1996.401
Source extras
tec
unfired clay, covered with painted stucco
tombstone
Architectural Sculpture Fragment, c. 700–1000. Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec. Unfired clay, covered with painted stucco; overall: 22.8 x 12.5 x 13 cm (9 x 4 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Brian and Florence Mahony, 1996.401
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
creditline
Gift of Brian and Florence Mahony
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2026-05-29 08:16:50.190000
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159692
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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unfired clay, covered with painted stucco
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