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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Figural Vessel

c. 500–150 BCE

Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec

earthenware
Overall: 28.9 x 20.6 x 21.9 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.276
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
  • ?-1965
    Benedict Crowell, Jr., Oaxaca MX, 1965, given to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
    1965-1990
    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.
    Published as: Effigy Vessel Mentioned: p. 270, no. 50 www.jstor.org
    Bergh, Susan E. "'The Art of Those Who Lived Here Before the White Man Came': Collecting the Ancient Americas at the Cleveland Museum of Art." In Collecting the “Other Americas”: Ancient Americas Collections in American Art Museums, edited by Victoria I. Lyall, and Ellen Hoobler, 67- 82. Denver, Colorado: Mayer Center for Ancient and Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, 2025. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 76-77, fig. 15
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.276