Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- William Niven, Non-Indian, 1850-1937
- Previous owner
- Charles T. Steigerwalt, Non-Indian, 1858-1912
- Auction venue
- Stanley V. Henkels & Company (Stan. V. Henkels & Company)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but possibly collected by William Niven (1850-1937); subsequently in the collection of Charles T. Steigerwalt (1858-1912, a collector of coins and antiques from Lancaster, Pennsylvania); purchased by MAI at an auction of Charles Steigerwalt's collection held by the Stanley V. Henkels & Company of Philadelphia in 1917.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Place
- Oaxaca State; Mexico
- See related items
- Zapotec (archaeological culture)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/6966
- Barcode
- 066966.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Carved, ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_72136