Baby's head
Baby's head
Baby's head
Baby's head

Currently not on view

Baby's head,

ca. 900 BCE

Olmec
Middle Formative Period
y1968-55

Information

Title
Baby's head
Dates

ca. 900 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 10.5 cm., w. 9.7 cm., d. 8.1 cm. (4 1/8 x 3 13/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1968-55
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Tabasco, Gulf Coast, reported to be from La Venta

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on bottom in red paint: CH3 Painted on bottom in ink: C48
Culture
Olmec
Period
Middle Preclassic
Type
ceramics, figurines
Materials
ceramic
Subject
infants, figures (representations), heads

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