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Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Stela Fragment
600–950
Overall: 31.8 x 30.8 x 12.2 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1959.334.b
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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The pointed teeth of the warrior are suggestive of dental modification, a practice known to have occurred from human remains.Description
Figures appear on two sides of this fragmentary stela (upright stone slab carved in relief). One seems to represent a grimacing warrior who brandishes a club; arrow-like darts festoon his belt and hair. On the other side is a skeleton with one fleshed hand, perhaps a sacrificed captive. The eagle with a leaf in its mouth is a hieroglyph that may identify the captive's name.- ?-1959(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1959, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)1959-1959James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1959-The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 1992. "Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art," repr. in blacka ns white, p. 259.Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 1985. "Year in Review, 1984."The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (organizer) (April 12-May 31, 1970).Norfolk, VA: Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences; April 12- May 31, 1970. " The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America."
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