id: 155452
accession number: 1990.179
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Face Fragment, 600-1000. Mexico, Palenque region(?), Maya. Molded pottery; overall: 15.5 x 13 x 9 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.179
title: Face Fragment
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creation date: 600-1000
creation date earliest: 600
creation date latest: 1000
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture: Mexico, Palenque region(?), Maya
technique: molded pottery
department: Art of the Americas
collection: AA - Mesoamerica
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 15.5 x 13 x 9 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
David Bramhall, 1966, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
date: ?-1966
footnotes:
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James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1966-1990
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1990
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fun fact:
G1’s distinctive tooth was perhaps inspired by a 63 million-year-old fossilized shark tooth.
digital description:
This thick, heavy ceramic face fragment may come from an incensario (incense burner). Several features, including the tau- or T-shaped front teeth, suggest it represents a deity known today only as G1 due to difficulties in translating its Maya name, which is recorded in hieroglyphs. The deity’s meanings are equally elusive, though it seems to be associated with both the sun and water.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.
page number: p. 272, no. 87
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367
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