Teotihuacan
Miniature head and bust
Teotihuacan, 100-750
Physical Qualities
Mold-made earthenware, 1 15/16 × 1 13/16 × 11/16 in. (5 × 4.6 × 1.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1989.268
Flat fragment shows female dignitary with collar and earspools. Headdress is non-elaborate (sse also 1989.264). Triangular shaped face and eye treatment a Teotihuacan convention. The object could be part of a sculpture or may have functioned as a "guest" to a larger host figure.
