Figure of a twisted dwarf missing his legs, with scarifications in his forehead, wearing a tulip-like head cloth
Figure of a twisted dwarf missing his legs, with scarifications in his forehead, wearing a tulip-like head cloth
Figure of a twisted dwarf missing his legs, with scarifications in his forehead, wearing a tulip-like head cloth
Figure of a twisted dwarf missing his legs, with scarifications in his forehead, wearing a tulip-like head cloth

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Figure of a twisted dwarf missing his legs, with scarifications in his forehead, wearing a tulip-like head cloth,

600–800

Maya
Late Classic Period
2016-1054

Information

Title
Figure of a twisted dwarf missing his legs, with scarifications in his forehead, wearing a tulip-like head cloth
Dates

600–800

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
10.7 × 4.2 × 4.7 cm (4 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1054
Place Made

North America, Maya area

Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
dwarfs, figures (representations)

Acquired by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ, by 1967 [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated slides in the Griffin archive.

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