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Toltec Art : Toltec Plumbate Vessel in the form of an Ape Skull
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Toltec Plumbate Vessel in the form of an Ape Skull - PF.0414
Origin: Soconusco, Guatemala
Circa: 600
AD
to 900
AD
Dimensions:
5" (12.7cm) high
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Toltec
Medium: Terracotta
Location: United States
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We comprehend, however dimly, when we look at
this stark, grinning skull that it has been witness
to some dark and secret ritual. It is powerful,
even frightening, an unblinking reminder of
death. It is perhaps a moment before we
remember that it is a clay object that never had
an independent life of its own, and that it
represents an ape, not a human. Still, caught up
in its mystery, we wonder what it could tell us if
it could speak.
- (PF.0414)
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