Teotihuacan
Miniature head
Teotihuacan, 100-750
Physical Qualities
Mold-made earthenware, red pigment or cinnabar, 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 × 11/16 in. (3.8 × 4.3 × 1.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1989.263
Flat fragment shows female dignitary with collar 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.
