Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God

Creator Name

Olmec Possibly Tlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico;
Olmec

Cultural Context

Date

800–400 BCE

Source

Work details

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Title

Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God

Creator

Olmec Possibly Tlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico;
Olmec

Worktype

Vessel; earthenware; art of the americas; ceramics; vessel; masks

Cultural Context

Material

Ceramic with burnished slip; terracotta; inorganic material

Dimensions

9.8 × 9.8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)

Technique

modeling (forming); incising

Language

Date

800–400 BCE

Provenance

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

Style Period

olmec; mesoamerican; Pre-Columbian; americas; Arts of the Americas

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Valley of Mexico

Source

Subjects

abstract figures; fertility; maize; supernatural

Topic

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Olmec Possibly Tlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God, 800–400 BCE, Art Institute of Chicago. Public Domain.

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