Collection Highlights
The Indian Hunter
1860
1939.390
Brown patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Aztec box
Object name
Aztec box
Date
1969-1986
Medium
Silver, copper, jasper resin
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm )
Silver Weight and other materials: 7 oz (troy) 8 dwt (230 g
Description
Anthropomorphic silver box with copper inlay on the exterior; interior of the box decorated with two jasper resin images after Aztec designs, one is an image of birth with a mother and child attached by an umbilical cord, the other is of death with one man murdering another with a knife; both hand colored.
Credit Line
Gift of Juan Pliego
Object Number
2000.162ab