Cleveland Museum of Art
Face Fragment
- Date
- 600–1000
- Medium
- molded pottery
- Culture
- Mexico, Palenque region(?), Maya
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 155452
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This thick, heavy ceramic face fragment may come from an incensario (incense burner). Several features, including the tau- or T-shaped front teeth, suggest it represents a deity known today only as G1 due to difficulties in translating its Maya name, which is recorded in hieroglyphs. The deity’s meanings are equally elusive, though it seems to be associated with both the sun and water. G1’s distinctive tooth was perhaps inspired by a 63 million-year-old fossilized shark tooth.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Provenance
- ?-1966: David Bramhall, 1966, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener | 1966-1990: 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
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