Burial Urn
Unidentified Zapotec maker
700-1050
Terracotta
Overall: 13 3/8 × 9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (34 × 24 × 20 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Aurellia T. and Gordon Arnold Meader, Class of 1919
166.28.16034
Geography/Culture
North America, Mexico
Period
500-1000
Object Name
Pottery
Classification
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 22, Olmecs, Maya, and Toltecs: Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica, Deborah Nichols, Fall 2013
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
Objects and Power: Manifestations of Inequality, a student curated exhibition, Professor Alan Covey, ANTH 57, Winter 2013, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-August 25, 2013.
Provenance
Collected by an American Consul in Oaxaca, Mexico between 1892-1912; acquired by Carlton Crosby, Brooklyn, Massachusetts, about 1912-1914 [for Gordon Meader]; acquired by Gordon Meader (1896-1974), St. Davis, Pennsylvania, about 1912-1914; lent to Dr. Henry Libby, Libby Museum, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire until 1930; given to the present collection, 1966.
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