id:			132407
accession number:	1954.856
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.856
updated:		2025-06-28 05:04:06.147000

Celt with Deity, 1000–300 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec. Stone; overall: 32.2 x 14 x 11.5 cm (12 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1954.856

title:				Celt with Deity
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creation date:			1000–300 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1000
creation date latest:		-300
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of the Hanna Fund
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culture:	Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 32.2 x 14 x 11.5 cm (12 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 4-April 6, 1958.  "In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr." cat. no. 171.', 'opening_date': '1958-03-04T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. "Two Pre-Columbian Sculptures." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 42, no. 4 (April 1955): 58-61.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 58; mentioned: P. 59-60
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142030

	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. 290
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n314

	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. 290
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n314

	Joralemon, Peter David. <em>A Study of Olmec Iconography</em>. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1971.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 78, no. 228
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	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. 392
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n412

	Kubler, George. <em>The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples.</em> Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1984.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 64, fig. 28a
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n21

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IMAGES

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