Seated Figure

Culture: Zapotec
Period: Early Classic period, 250 BCE–600 CE
Date: 200 BCE–200 CE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
from: Oaxaca state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, sculpture
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: height: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 136:1979

- 1969
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA

1969 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]

1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated December 9, 1969 from Everett Gallery Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase; listed as "Small seated Monte Alban figure holding vessel" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood records the donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.

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