Carved Hand from Copan

Unidentified Maya maker

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534-731

Stone with traces of pigment

Overall: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe Fund

S.967.116

Geography

Place Made: Copan, Honduras, Central America

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Exhibition History

Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 5-24, 1974.

Pre-Columbian Art, Barrows Window, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 18-May 15, 1977.

Provenance

Frank Caro (1904-1980) Chinese Art, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1967.

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