Mixtec and Aztec
Fragment of an eagle or owl head
Mixtec/Aztec, 1099-1399
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Physical Qualities
Basalt, 3 × 2 11/16 × 1 15/16 in. (7.6 × 6.8 × 5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2002.633
Short beak above an open mouth with wide triangular tongue, large concave round eyes framed within thick semi-circular lids, a wide medial ridge down center of head (part of a crest with upper part now missing).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Bernice Barth from her husband, Arthur H. Barth; Arthur H. Barth Primitive Art, Beverly Hills, CA; purchased in Europe in the 1960s
