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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1053
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Tonacatecutli, Lord of Creation
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Large Seated Figure, Hands Crossed
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
12th-14th century
Culture
Mixtec
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230404

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray-green diorite
Dimensions
21.8 x 8.8 x 6 cm (8 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, February 1936, cat. N3751, sold;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, 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
1943.1053
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

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
  • The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

Verification Level

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