Maul head carved in form of an animal's head
Unidentified maker (Mexico)
Pre-Columbian
Stone
Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (11 × 9.2 × 13.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon
50.42.12451
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928); to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1950.
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