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Head fragment

Zapotec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Head fragment
 Middle Formative 800 BCE-300 BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
4.5 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Mrs M. Sachs, 1984

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Oaxaca, Mexico

Accession Number
PC4-1984

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

Physical description
Showing head in the jaws of a jaguar.

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