Stamp seal
Stamp seal

On view

East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Stamp seal,

1000–1500

Olmec style
Postclassic Period
2016-1342

Information

Title
Stamp seal
Dates

1000–1500

Medium
Blackware ceramic
Dimensions
4.7 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm (1 7/8 × 2 11/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1342
Place Collected

North America, Mexico, Veracruz

Culture
Olmec
Period
Postclassic
Type
ceramic, seals, stamping (marking)
Materials
ceramic
Subject
serpents, geometric patterns

Jose Luis, by 1971; purchased by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ, by January 6 1971 [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated notebook entry in Griffin archive.

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