Description
The objects in this group, all with traces of red pigment, are said to have been found together, the shells and greenstone plaque inside the translucent stone vessel. A similar offering was found in a pyramid ornamented with feathered serpents at Xochicalco, a site south of the Valley of Mexico.
Provenance
Stendahl Galleries, Hollywood; James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland (1966 ); (Stendahl Galleries, Hollywood); James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland, 1966
Accession Number
1990.252.1
Medium
travertine or tecali
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.8 x 18.4 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener