Key: MNA 6-2001 | Actual Location: National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. | Collection: Possibly from the Genin Collection, according to a photo at the AH/MNA. | Registration: 6-2001 / 6-375 (new) | Provenance: Unknown | Measurements: 17 cm. | Color: Grey clay | Chronology: Pitao 350 - 500 AD | Click to view Chronology | Reference: Caso and Bernal 1952: 233, fig. 372. | Comments: This figure is wearing a type of helmet. The hair comes out from the helmet's holes and the head's crown, and hangs on both sides. The figure has a double glass on the back. The bead that this figure carries on the neck seems to have the same imprint as one made of gold and found in tomb 4, in Mitla (see Caso 1936: plate 2). Also see: MFR 2487, MFR 7748, MDO 40, MNA 6-2000, MNA 6-235, MNA 6-257, EMB 28355, GM 83.1.89. | |
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