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Unidentified Tlatilco maker

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about 500 BCE

Red terracotta

Overall: 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (12 × 19.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles, California

55.20.13265

Geography

Place Made: Mexico, North America

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Inscriptions

Marks: "A" on base.

Course History

ANTH 22, Olmecs, Maya, and Toltecs: Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica, Deborah Nichols, Fall 2013

Provenance

Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967), Los Angeles, California; by exchange (#101) to present collection, 1955.

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