# Dog Head

- Date: 500–1000
- Medium: earthenware, asphalt and resin paint
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 10.7 x 14.8 x 17.8 cm (4 3/16 x 5 13/16 x 7 in.)
- Culture: Mexico, Gulf Coast
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.250)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.250/1990.250_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This dog's snarl and protruding fangs lend him a sinister expression. Although pierced for suspension, the head seems too large and fragile to have been a pendant. Press-molds, used to create the dog's face and ears, were commonly used in the Gulf Coast region, where asphalt occurs naturally and was applied to pottery as a paint after firing.