id:			123439
accession number:	1943.662
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.662
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:57.462000

Yoke, c. 600–900. Mexico, Classic Veracruz Style, 7th-10th Century. Stone; overall: 41.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm (16 5/16 x 15 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.662

title:				Yoke
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creation date:			c. 600–900
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		900
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Mexico, Classic Veracruz Style, 7th-10th Century
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 41.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm (16 5/16 x 15 3/16 x 4 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:		The Imagination of Primitive Man
	opening date:   1962-01-18T05:00:00
	<i>The Imagination of Primitive Man</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 18-February 25, 1962).

	title:		Pre-Columbian Art of the Gulf States
	opening date:   1973-01-11T05:00:00
	<i>Pre-Columbian Art of the Gulf States</i>. Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL (organizer) (January 11-February 11, 1973).

	title:		The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
	opening date:   2001-09-24T00:00:00
	<i>The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame</i>. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (September 24-December 30, 2001); New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (February 16-April 28, 2002); Newark Museum, Newark, NJ (October 1-December 29, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946.  "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 32.', 'opening_date': '1945-11-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; January 18-February 25, 1962.  "The Imagination of Primitive Man." cat. no. 239, p. 148.', 'opening_date': '1962-01-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Coral Gables, FL: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; January 11-February 11, 1973. "A Pre- Columbian Synthesis?  Mexican Atlantic Gulf Coast."', 'opening_date': '1973-01-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Charlotte, NC:Mint Museum; September 24-December 30, 2001. New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Museum of Art; February 16-April 28, 2002. Omaha, NE: Joslyn Art Museum; June 8-September 1, 2002. Newark, NJ:  Newark Museum; October 1-December 1, 2002. "The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame." exh. cat. no. 86, p. 212.', 'opening_date': '2001-09-24T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, and Ralph T. Coe. <em>The Imagination of Primitive Man: A Survey of the Arts of the Non-Literate Peoples of the World.</em> Kansas City, Mo: The Museum, 1962.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 135, 148, cat. no. 239
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