Head of a Laughing Man

Head of a Laughing Man, between 250 and 950

  • Veracruz, Precolumbian

Terracotta

  • Overall: 6 × 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (15.2 × 15.9 × 9.5 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

63.313

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Veracruz, Precolumbian, Head of a Laughing Man, between 250 and 950, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 63.313.

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