Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Battered Warrior (?) Figure
AD 600-900 (Late Classic)
earthenware, black paint
(Ancient Americas )
(Ancient Americas )
This figure, with swollen areas on the face and the back of the left hand, wears elaborate armbands, ear spools and headdress.
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.
Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1998-2008 | Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. |
Geographies
Mexico, Veracruz (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 19 x W: 12 15/16 x D: 9 11/16 in. (48.3 x 32.9 x 24.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Bourne, 2009
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
2009.20.44