Tripod Vessel with Carved Motifs

Culture: Mixteca-Puebla
Period: Late Postclassic period, c.1200–1521
Date: c.1200–1521
Material: Ceramic
from: Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: On View, Gallery 114
Dimensions: 3 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (9.8 x 10 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 125:1980

- 1969
Valetta Malinowska, Mexico City, Mexico

1969 - 1980
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Valetta Malinowska [1]

1980 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated July 21, 1969 from Valetta Malinowska to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "Mixtec engraved bowl" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated April 3, 1980 from Morton D. May to John Peters MacCarthy, president of the Saint Louis Art Museum Board of Commissioners, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 6, 1980.

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