2000 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
Culture/People
possibly Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Previous owner
Luigi Petich, Non-Indian, ca. 1838-1903
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Luigi Petich (ca. 1838-1903, an Italian diplomat who worked extensively in Latin America) and possibly acquired by him during travel in Mexico in the 1880s; purchased by George Heye/MAI from an unknown source in 1916.
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