Mezcala Figurine
Unidentified Mezcala maker
about 500 BCE-400 CE
Green stone
Overall: 9 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/16 in. (23.8 × 5.7 × 5.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Norman and Ruth L. Simon, Class of 1936
984.64.26416
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: "L73.13.9" "313/LXIII"
Provenance
Ruth Lichtenberg Simon (1917-2010) and Dr. Norman Simon (1914-1985), Class of 1936, Scarsdale, New York; given to present collection, 1984.
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