id:			155522
accession number:	1990.237
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.237
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:09.762000

Head with Animal Helmet, c. 600–1000. Mexico, Gulf Coast, San Andrés Tuxtla(?). Earthenware, pigment; overall: 39.1 x 23.4 x 16.5 cm (15 3/8 x 9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.237

title:				Head with Animal Helmet
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creation date:			c. 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, Gulf Coast, San Andrés Tuxtla(?)
technique:	earthenware, pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 39.1 x 23.4 x 16.5 cm (15 3/8 x 9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
	opening date:   1992-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 4 - November 29, 1992. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 79 (September, 1992.) cat. no. 74, p. 271, repr. fig. 74, p. 253.', 'opening_date': '1992-02-04T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1958, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1958
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1958-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 253
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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IMAGES

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