New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Polychromed Fresco Fragment

Artist Unknown

CultureMexican | Pre-Columbian

DateClassic period [200-900]

MediumPolychrome | Fresco

DimensionsOverall: 14 x 27 in. (35.6 x 68.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jack Tanzer

Object number81.140.18

Collections

Ancient American Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105

DescriptionPolychromed fresco fragment (mounted) depicting a priest with glyphs which refer to raingod (shells, etc.).

Published ReferencesKathleen Berrin, ed., _Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees: Reconstructing the Murals of Teotihuacan_ (San Francisco: University of Washington Press for The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1988) 190 (line drawing).