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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1247
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Yoke
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Totonac Yoke (ornaments with mask)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
7th-10th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico, Veracruz
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229713

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Green jadeite
Dimensions
48 x 40.8 x 11 cm (18 7/8 x 16 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1939, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1247
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 8
  • Alfred H. Kidder, Jr., "Mexican Stone Yokes", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (January 1949), vol. XI, no. 1, pp. 4-6, figs. 1-3, repr., and cover

Exhibition History

  • Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944
  • For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004

Verification Level

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