Head from a Figure

Culture: Maya
Period: Late Classic period, 600–909
Date: c.600–900
Material: Stucco with pigment
from: Campeche state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, sculpture
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: On View, Gallery 114
Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 6 5/16 in. (26.5 x 20 x 16 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 1076:1983

- 1967
Eugenia Alvarez, Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Mexico

1967 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Eugenia Alvarez through agent Everett Rassiga [1]

1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated August 15, 1967 from Eugenia Alvarez to Morton D. May documents this purchase, one of eleven objects listed as "Maya stucco heads, traces of blue and red paint" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.

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