Dish with Cinnabar

Culture: San Pablo
Period: Early Formative period, c.2500–900 BCE
Date: c.1200–900 BCE
Material: Ceramic with cinnabar
associated with: Tlaltizapán, Morelos state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, tools & equipment
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: cinnarbar: 2 x 3 1/8 x 3 in. (5.1 x 7.9 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 484:1978.2

- 1966
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA

1966 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]

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

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated October 1, 1966 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated September 19, 1978 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger 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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