id:			155528
accession number:	1990.240
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.240
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:09.797000

Hacha with Human Face, 600–1000. Mexico, Veracruz, San Andres Tuxtla, late Classic period. Gray volcanic stone; overall: 41.6 x 14 x 24.5 cm (16 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.240

title:				Hacha with Human Face
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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, Veracruz, San Andres Tuxtla, late Classic period
technique:	gray volcanic stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 41.6 x 14 x 24.5 cm (16 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 9 5/8 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).

	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; 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. 76, p. 271, repr. fig. 76, p. 252.', 'opening_date': '1992-02-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Charlotte, NC: The Mint Museum; September 24-December 30, 2001. New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Museum of Art; February 16-April 28, 2002. Omaha, NE: The Joslyn Art Museum; June 8-September 1, 2002. Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum; October 1-December 1, 2002. "The Sport of Life and Death:The Mesoamerican Ballgame." exh. cat. no. 76, p. 203.', 'opening_date': '2001-09-24T00:00:00'}

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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: 1959-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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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. 252
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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