Tecomate embraced by a monkey
Tecomate embraced by a monkey
Tecomate embraced by a monkey
Tecomate embraced by a monkey

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Tecomate embraced by a monkey,

ca. 1000 BCE

Olmec style
Early Formative Period
2016-1408

Information

Title
Tecomate embraced by a monkey
Dates

ca. 1000 BCE

Medium
Ceramic with burnished cream slip and traces of red pigment
Dimensions
5.6 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm (2 3/16 × 1 1/2 × 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1408
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf Coast

Culture
Olmec
Period
Early Preclassic
Type
jars, ceramics
Materials
pigment, slip, ceramic
Techniques
burnishing (polishing)
Subject
monkeys

Acquired by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ by Feburary 1971 [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated slides.

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