The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Hacha with Openwork

600–1000

Mexico, Veracruz, El Tajín

gray volcanic stone with red pigment
Overall: 37.5 x 24 x 22.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.239
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1959
    (Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1959, 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
  • 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. 271, no. 75 www.jstor.org
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