Maul head carved in form of an animal's head

Unidentified maker (Mexico)

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Pre-Columbian

Stone

Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (11 × 9.2 × 13.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon

50.42.12451

Geography

Place Made: Mexico, North America

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928); to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1950.

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