Sculpture
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Gustav A. Eisen (Gustavus A. Eisen/Gustav August Eisen), Non-Indian, 1847-1940
- Previous owner
- Gustav A. Eisen (Gustavus A. Eisen/Gustav August Eisen), Non-Indian, 1847-1940
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Stone, wax, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 13.6 x 11.5 x 24.4 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Place
- Copán; Copán Ruinas Municipality; Copán Department; Honduras
- Date created
- AD 300–900 (Classic period)
- Collection History
- Collected by zoologist and amateur archaeologist Gustav A. Eisen (1847-1940), probably during an expedition to Copán in 1882; acquired by MAI from an unknown source before 1926.
- Catalog Number
- 8601
- Barcode
- 008601.000
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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