The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 15, 2025

Head in Bird's Beak

1200–1519

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec

serpentine
Overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.203
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1957
    C.Schondube (Mexican art shop), Oaxaca, Oaxaca, MX, 1957, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
    1957-1990
    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
  • Young-Sánchez, Margaret. “The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275. Mentioned: p. 273, no. 103 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Head in Bird's Beak|url=false|author=|year=1200–1519|access-date=15 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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