id:			118898
accession number:	1940.11
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.11
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:39.149000

Head, c. 600–900. Mexico, Classic Veracruz, 7th-10th Century. Earthenware; overall: 17 x 13.5 x 8.9 cm (6 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.11

title:				Head
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creation date:			c. 600–900
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		900
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Mexico, Classic Veracruz, 7th-10th Century
technique:	earthenware
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17 x 13.5 x 8.9 cm (6 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1945-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. “A Pre-Columbian Mexican Head.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 27, no. 7 (July 1940): 107–108.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Cover; Mentioned: p. 107-108
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25140868

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Americas. A Special Exhibition Held in the Museum from Nov. 8, 1945 Through Jan. 6, 1946</em>. 1946.
	page number: 	p. 26
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 367
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n69

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 291
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n315

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 291
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n315

	Hawley, Henry. “Classic Veracruz Sculptures.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 321–330.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 321, fig. 1
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152555

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 393
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n413

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	p. 75, cat. no. 79
	url:		

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