Inlay/mosaic pieces (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1200–1600 (Late Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Carl Albert Purpus (Karl Albert Purpus), Non-Indian, 1851-1941
- Previous owner
- Carl Albert Purpus (Karl Albert Purpus), Non-Indian, 1851-1941
- Collector
- Carl Albert Purpus (Karl Albert Purpus), Non-Indian, 1851-1941
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected by Carl Albert Purpus (1851-1941, a German botanist working in Mexico), possibly in 1917 or 1918; purchased by MAI from Carl Purpus in 1921 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Cave; Acatlán Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico
- See related items
- Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture)
- Materials: Prepared
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 10/8719
- Barcode
- 108719.000
- Object Type
- Materials: Prepared
- Object Name
- Inlay/mosaic pieces (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_117467