Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 300–1550 (Classic to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Leonard Livingston Legters (L. L. Legters), Non-Indian, 1873-1940
label: Lender
content: Reverend Leonard Livingston Legters (L. L. Legters), Non-Indian, 1873-1940
label: Seller
content: Reverend David Brainerd Legters, Non-Indian, 1908-2002
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Leonard L. Legters (1873-1940, a missionary who worked in Mexico and Brazil and was a founder of the Wycliffe Bible Society/Wycliffe Bible Translators); lent to MAI by Leonard L. Legters in 1939; inherited by his son Reverend David Brainerd Legters (1908-2002); purchased by MAI from Reverend David Legters in 1946.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Near Mitla; Mitla; San Pablo Villa de Mitla Municipality, Tlacolula District, Valles Centrales Region; Oaxaca State; Mexico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Valley of Oaxaca
setName: label: See related items
content: Zapotec (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/1507
label: Barcode
content: 201507.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, painted