Axe Figure
100 BC - 300
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Axe Figure, 100 BC - 300. Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala. Serpentine; overall: 9.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.189 The Mezcala style takes its name from a river in its homeland, the Guerrero region of western Mexico. The style is known for small-scale sculptures characterized by sleek abstraction and often made of greenstone, one of the most precious materials that Mesoamerican artists worked. Unfortunately, little is known of the sculptures’ meanings and archaeological contexts.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- serpentine
- Medium
- serpentine
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1990.189
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Exhibitions
- The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 4 - November 29, 1992. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 79 (September, 1992.) cat. no. 42, p. 269, no repr.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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