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Pre-Columbian Americas Zapotec culture, Oaxaca, Mexico Bowl in the Form of a Head Monte Albán II, 200 B.C.–A.D. 200 Clay H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection Indiana University Art Museum, 81.32.4 This face represents an old man or a deity, perhaps one later known as the Old Fire God, who is usually depicted with a wrinkled face, or a monkey deity who was the patron of scribes, artists, musicians, and dancers. |
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