Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Arts of the Americas

200 BCE–300 CE

Nayarit
Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit, Mexico

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Nayarit
Title: Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual
Place: Nayarit state (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 200 BCE–300 CE
Medium: Earthenware and pigment
Dimensions: 12.3 × 25 × 20.8 cm (4 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith
Reference Number: 1997.475
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