Vessel with Figure

Culture: Zapotec
Period: Early Classic period, 250 BCE–600 CE
Date: 200 BCE–200 CE
Material: Ceramic
from: Oaxaca state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in. (16 x 15 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 299:1978

by 1968 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] This work arrived on loan to the Museum in 1968 [loan number 1968.618, SLAM document files].

[2] A letter from Morton D. May to James N. Wood dated September 29, 1978 records this donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.

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