SculptureOlmec4th-7th century

Head, carved in the round

300-600

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Gray-green travertine

Culture

Olmec

Period

Classical period, Early

Century

4th-7th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

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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