Monkey-headed figure
Monkey-headed figure
Monkey-headed figure
Monkey-headed figure

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Monkey-headed figure,

600–900

Classic Veracruz
Late Classic Period
y1941-81

Information

Title
Monkey-headed figure
Dates

600–900

Medium
Molded ceramic
Dimensions
7.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm (2 15/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marion Welker
Object Number
y1941-81
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Santiago Tuxtla

Culture
Classic Veracruz
Period
Late Classic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
monkeys, figures (representations)

Possibly Santiago Tuxtla, Mexico. Gift of Marion Welker to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1941.

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