Figurine

Museum number:
3-16415
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1897
Description:
Pottery figurine, reproduction; seated male with club (?) in right hand: typical Mayan facial features and headdress; painted green and red. This competently-made and painted Mayan figure with typical Mayan features and headdress is, nevertheless, a modem reproduction with fake manganese oxide stains. Fake Mayan figures like this example done in Late Classic style (A.D. 550-950) are becoming increasingly more common.
Donor:
Joseph Renaghan
Collection place:
Nayarit, Mexico
Collector:
Joseph Renaghan
Collection date:
ca. 1961
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Pottery
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 3-16415, described as Pottery figurine, reproduction; seated male with club (?) in right hand: typical Mayan facial features and headdress; painted green and red. This competently-made and painted Mayan figure with typical Mayan features and headdress is, nevertheless, a modem reproduction with fake manganese oxide stains. Fake Mayan figures like this example done in Late Classic style (A.D. 550-950) are becoming increasingly more common.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 3-16415, described as Pottery figurine, reproduction; seated male with club (?) in right hand: typical Mayan facial features and headdress; painted green and red. This competently-made and painted Mayan figure with typical Mayan features and headdress is, nevertheless, a modem reproduction with fake manganese oxide stains. Fake Mayan figures like this example done in Late Classic style (A.D. 550-950) are becoming increasingly more common.

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