Hacha
- Culture
- Classic Veracruz
- Date
- c.400–600
- Material
- Stone
- made in
- Veracruz state, Mexico, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sculpture, stone & mineral
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 114
- Dimensions
- 9 9/16 x 7 3/16 x 4 5/16 in. (24.3 x 18.3 x 10.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 366:1978
NOTES
This hacha shows a rotund figure known as the Fat God, his back arched over a series of paired scrolls in the center of the object. The scrolls seem to emerge from a bird-like head at the base.
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