The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Axe-Shaped Figure

after 900(?)

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixteca

Metadiorite (?)
Overall: 16.7 x 7.5 x 6.8 cm (6 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.211
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1958
    (Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1958, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
    1958-1990
    James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1958-1990
    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. 98 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Axe-Shaped Figure|url=false|author=|year=after 900(?)|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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