1943.1056: Ceremonial Yoke (with carvings of a monster and human mask in center)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1056

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Ceremonial Yoke (with carvings of a monster and human mask in center)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

10th-12th century

Culture

Aztec

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230405

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray-green jadeite

Dimensions

11.43 x 32.39 x 37.47 cm (4 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, January 1935, cat. N3305, sold;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1056

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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, p. 8, fig. 6
• George M. A. Hanfmann and Benjamin Rowland, "Ancient Arts at the Fogg Museum", Archaeology (Autumn 1954), vol. 7, no. 3, p. 130, p. 136-137, repr.

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

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