Hacha

Culture: Classic Veracruz
Period: Early Classic period, 250 BCE–600 CE
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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