Cylinder Seal

Culture: Olmec
Period: Middle Formative period, c.900–300 BCE
Date: c.900–300 BCE
Material: Ceramic
from: Soledad de Doblado, Veracruz state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, tools & equipment
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: On View, Gallery 113
Dimensions: width is thickness: 3 1/4 x 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 0.6 x 7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 195:1979

- 1971
Everett Rassiga, New York, NY, USA

1971 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]

1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated April 24, 1971 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May records this purchase; listed as "Seal, Olmec, 3 ¼ inches" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood 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, October 10, 1979.

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