SculptureOlmec4th-7th century
Head, carved in the round
300-600
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
15.4 x 12 x 8.5 cm (6 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.) with pedestal: 24.3 x 12 x 8.5 cm (9 9/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
[Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, January 1938, cat. N3484, sold;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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