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

Smiling Head

Artist Unknown
CulturePre-Columbian | Veracruz
DateClassic Period
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.436
Collections
On View
On view
DescriptionVeracruz smiling head of hollow clay with a spiral headdress. Triangular hole in back of head. Headdress indicates head-binding custom.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
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Smiling Head
Classic Period
Image Not Available for Head
Unknown
Head
Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Standing Female Figure
Classic Period
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Standing Figure
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Head
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Bowl Of Double Heads With Horns
100-250
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Clay Head Fragment
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Seated Figure
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Head | Fragment
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Kero
Post Classic Period
Seated Figure
Unknown
Seated Figure
Classic Period
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
Seated Pregnant Figure
200 BC
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