Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Carlebach Gallery
- Seller
- Carlebach Gallery
- Seller agent
- Julius Carlebach (Julius Hirsch Carlebach), Non-Indian, 1909-1964
- Presenter/funding source
- Reading Public Museum (Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1943 from the Carlebach Gallery (New York City), operated by Julius Carlebach (1909-1964) using proceeds from collection sales to the Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery (Reading, Pennsylvania).
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- Date created
- AD 1200–1550 (Post-Classic period)
- Catalog Number
- 20/6218
- Barcode
- 206218.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Puebla-style ring depicting Xipe Totec (god of spring and agriculture)
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast, filigree
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 3 x 1.7 cm
- Place
- Oaxaca State; Mexico
- See related items
- Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_220300
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6dae6935d-d553-423e-bcab-eead715187b0
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