Teotihuacan
Miniature head and bust
Teotihuacan, 100
Physical Qualities
Mold-made earthenware, red and white pigment, 2 15/16 × 2 1/16 × 13/16 in. (7.4 × 5.3 × 2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1989.271
Burned flat fragment shows dignitary with elaborate headdress (red and white) and earspools. 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.
