Teotihuacan
Miniature head
Teotihuacan, 100-750
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Teotihuacan
Miniature head
Teotihuacan, 100-750
Physical Qualities
Mold-made earthenware, 1 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 15/16 in. (4.5 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1989.265
Flat fragment shows female dignitary with collar and earspools. Headdress is non-elaborate (see also 1989.266). Triangular shaped face and eye treatment a Teotihuacan convention. The object could be part of a sculpture or may have functioned as a "guest" to a larger host figure.
