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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Effigy Urn

1900s (Thermoluminescence date, after 1930)

Mexico, Zapotec, Monte Albán IIIB style, 20th century

gray pottery
Overall: 40.5 x 31.5 x 26.5 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.272
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. 275, no. 141 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Effigy Urn|url=false|author=|year=1900s (Thermoluminescence date, after 1930)|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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