Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno (Image withheld, pending review)
Date created
AD 300–1550 (Classic to Post-Classic period)
Culture/People
possibly Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Possible collector
Dr. James Mark Baldwin (J.M. Baldwin), Non-Indian, 1861-1934
Previous owner
Dr. James Mark Baldwin (J.M. Baldwin), Non-Indian, 1861-1934
Helen Green Baldwin (Helen Hayes Green/Mrs. James Mark Baldwin), Non-Indian, 1864-1963
Donor
Helen Green Baldwin (Helen Hayes Green/Mrs. James Mark Baldwin), Non-Indian, 1864-1963
Collection History
Possibly collected by Dr. James Mark Baldwin (1861-1934), a philosopher and psychologist who lived in Mexico intermittently between 1908 and 1912; inherited by his widow Helen Green Baldwin (1864-1963); donated to MAI by Mrs. Baldwin in 1938.
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