2000 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
Culture/People
possibly Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Excavator
Zelia Nuttall (Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall), Non-Indian, 1857-1933
Previous owner
Zelia Nuttall (Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall), Non-Indian, 1857-1933
Seller
Zelia Nuttall (Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall), Non-Indian, 1857-1933
MAI agent
George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
Collection History
Collected or excavated at an unknown date by anthropologist and archaeologist Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933); purchased by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) from Zelia Nuttall in 1906 during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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