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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.)

Weight: 13.04 kg (28.75 lbs.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.240

Location

not on view

Provenance

?-1958

(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1958, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)

1959-1990

James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1990

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 252 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

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.

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.

The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame. 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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