Box Fragment
Teotihuacan
300–750 CE
Medium
Wood, stucco, and pigment
Dimensions
H.: 22 cm (8 5/8 in.)
Classification
wood
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
37347
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This fragment was part of a rectangular wood box painted with several depictions of an ornately dressed male figure standing in profile. It shows the individual’s face with large oval eye, the lower portion of his feathered headdress, fabric-and-feather streamers that flow down his back, and a bundle of long feathers and plants that is held in his outstretched hand.