About the Artwork
Head of a Laughing Man
between 250 and 950
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Precolumbian
Veracruz
Terracotta
Overall: 6 × 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (15.2 × 15.9 × 9.5 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
63.313
Public Domain
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1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
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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