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Eccentric Flint

Eccentric Flint, between 7th and 10th century

  • Maya, Precolumbian

Colored flint

  • Overall: 2 3/8 × 2 1/4 inches (6 × 5.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Lillian Henkel Haass Fund

1984.30.2

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Maya, Precolumbian, Eccentric Flint, between 7th and 10th century, colored flint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Lillian Henkel Haass Fund, 1984.30.2.

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