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Carved Shell Depicting the Profile Face of Deity (Broken)
Maya (Mexico or Guatmala)
250–900 CE
- Medium
- Shell
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- H.: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Mexico
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Alsdorf Foundation
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed