The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Head with Animal Headdress

900–300 BCE

Mexico, Puebla, Matamoros region, Olmec

(?)
serpentine
Overall: 4.9 x 3.7 x 3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.220
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1963
    (Everett Rassiga, Inc., New York, NY, 1963, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
    1963-1990
    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. 267, no. 6 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Head with Animal Headdress|url=false|author=|year=900–300 BCE|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.220