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Title
Monte Alban figural incensario.
Description
The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Monte Alban figural incensario.
Description
The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Monte Alban figural incensario.
Description
The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Monte Alban figural incensario.
Description
The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Monte Alban figural incensario.
Description
The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Monte Alban figural incensario.
Description
The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
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