Glyph (head variant K'in sign with -ni phonetic complement)
Glyph (head variant K'in sign with -ni phonetic complement)
Glyph (head variant K'in sign with -ni phonetic complement)
Glyph (head variant K'in sign with -ni phonetic complement)

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Glyph (head variant K'in sign with -ni phonetic complement),

600–800

Maya
Late Classic Period
2006-5

Information

Title
Glyph (head variant K'in sign with -ni phonetic complement)
Dates

600–800

Medium
Stucco with traces of blue pigment
Dimensions
h. 9.2 cm., w. 10.8 cm., d. 3.8 cm. (3 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2006-5
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Chiapas or Tabasco, Maya area, Palenque or vicinity

Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
architectural elements, sherds, hieroglyphics
Materials
stucco, pigment

1942 Excavated by Heinrich Berlin, Temple XVIII, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
1942->/=1950s Palenque bodega/museum
<6/19/71-12/13/71 Aaron Furman Gallery, New York
12/13/71-11/25/96 Art Institute of Chicago (1971.738, Restricted gift of the Alsdorf Foundation)
11/25/96 Sotheby's (NYC), Sale 6921, November 25, 1996, Lot 366 (“Property sold by the Order of the Board of Trustees of The Art Institute of Chicago to benefit the Acquisitions Fund")
<1/22/97-1/20/06 Private collection (on loan to Princeton University Art Museum as L.1997.1)
1/20/06 Purchased by Princeton University Art Museum from the above

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