id:			124075
accession number:	1944.78
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.78
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:00.138000

Funerary Urn, 350–500 CE. Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec. Terracotta; overall: 38.3 x 38.5 x 25.3 cm (15 1/16 x 15 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.78

title:				Funerary Urn
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creation date:			350–500 CE
creation date earliest:		350
creation date latest:		500
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
technique:	terracotta
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 38.3 x 38.5 x 25.3 cm (15 1/16 x 15 3/16 x 9 15/16 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John Wise, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1944
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Munro, Eleanor C. The Golden Encyclopedia of Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Ornament, from Prehistoric Times to the Twentieth Century. New York: Golden Press, 1961.
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	Boos, Frank. The Ceramic Sculptures of Ancient Oaxaca. South Brunswick [N.J.]: A.S. Barnes, 1966.
	page number: 	p. 74
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	Glubok, Shirley, Gerard Nook, and Alfred H. Tamarin. The Art of Ancient Mexico. New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1968.
	page number: 	p. 38
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	Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies. FAMSI research materials: Explore Mesoamerica. [Crystal River, Fla.]: [FAMSI], 1994.
	page number: 	Cat. No. CMA 44.78
	url:		http://research.famsi.org/zapotec/zapotec_list.php?_allSearch=CMA+44.78&hold_search=&tab=zapotec&title=Zapotec+Effigy+Vessels&x=0&y=0

	Sellen, Adam T. "Storm-God Impersonators from Ancient Oaxaca" <em>Ancient Mesoamerica </em>13 (2002).
	page number: 	p. 9, fig. 5
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	Sellen, Adam T. El cielo compartido: deidades y ancestros en las vasijas efigie zapotecas. Mérida, Yuc: UNAM, Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 123, 230, 244, 245
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