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Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_overall_PS11.jpg)
Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_overall_PS11.jpg)
Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_overall_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_overall_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_back_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_back_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18b_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18b_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_view01.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_view01.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_detail01.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_detail01.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_detail02.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_detail02.jpg)

Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_side.jpg)

Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2009.2.18a-b_side.jpg)

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Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress

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CULTURE Maya
MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment
DATES 600-900
DIMENSIONS Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm) Mask: 2 x 3 x 2 in. (5.1 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm.)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 2009.2.18a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller
PROVENANCE Prior to 1966, provenance not yet documented; by 1966, acquired by Guy Puerto of Mérida, Mexico; 1966, purchased from Guy Puerto by Frederic Zeller of Sag Harbor, NY; 1994, gift of Frederic Zeller to Susan Kennedy Zeller of Sag Harbor, NY, by inheritance; 2009, gift of Susan Kennedy Zeller to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Maya. Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_overall_PS11.jpg)
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Maya. <em>Figurine of a Nobleman with Detachable Headdress</em>, 600-900. Ceramic, pigment, Figure: 6 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2009.2.18a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.2.18a_overall_PS11.jpg)

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