Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected in 1845 by Monsieur Martin (the French consul at Oaxaca); purchased by French antiquities collector Eugene Boban (1834-1908) in 1870; sold to French antiquities collector Eugene Goupil (1831-1896) circa 1888; acquired by collector and dealer Charles Ratton (1895-1986) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye in 1937 from the Galerie Charles Ratton (Paris, France), operated by art dealer and collector Charles Ratton (1895-1986).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Zapotec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Consul Martin, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Eugene Boban, Non-Indian, 1834-1908
- Previous seller
- Eugene Boban, Non-Indian, 1834-1908
- Previous owner
- Eugene Goupil (Charles Eugène Espidon Goupil), Non-Indian, 1831-1896
- Previous seller
- Eugene Goupil (Charles Eugène Espidon Goupil), Non-Indian, 1831-1896
- Seller
- Galerie Charles Ratton
- Seller agent
- Charles Ratton (Charles A. Ratton), Non-Indian, 1895-1986
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Date created
- AD 500-800 (Classic period)
- Object Name
- Funerary urn
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Modeled, appliquéd, perforated, painted
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 33 x 71 cm
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
