- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ceramic head
- Long description
- Head with pointed headdress.
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Zapotec
- Date collected
- By 1926
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1948
- Materials and processes
- Material Pottery
- Dimensions
- Height: max 60 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1948.3.22B
- Research and responses
Vendor was Consul-General in Mexico, 1920-1926.
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