Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Polychrome Shell Effigy
1200-1500 (Late Post-Classic)
ceramic buffware with polychrome
(Ancient Americas )
(Ancient Americas )
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Ancient Art of the New World, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, December 1991 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
Geographies
Mexico (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 x W: 6 x D: 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 15.2 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, 2008
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2815
