Pre-Hispanic Collection
Head with facial features
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0537
Category Molds
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: Jorge Pérez de Lara
02 Object Information
- Description
Anthropomorphic mold to manufacture figurines, with the image of a head with facial features of a character wearing a necklace with plaques.
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Late Classic (650-900 AD).
- Provenance
- Guatemalan Highlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Fluting, Grooving, Incised, Modeled, Punctate
- Dimensions
Height: 8 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Thickness: 3.5 cm
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
Molds in custody of La Ruta Maya Foundation
Molds in custody of the Aragón Maya Museum, Cobán, Alta Verapaz
- Exhibitions
- Publications
