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Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.713_acetate_bw.jpg)
Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.713_acetate_bw.jpg)
Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.713_acetate_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.713_acetate_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_front.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_front.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_back.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_back.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_side01.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_side01.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_side02.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_side02.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_detail_documentation.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_detail_documentation.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_overall.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_overall.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_back02.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_back02.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_bottom.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_bottom.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_documentation.JPG)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.713_documentation.JPG)

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Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure

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CULTURE Zapotec
MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment
DATES ca. 200-700
PERIOD Pre-Spanish
DIMENSIONS 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 40.713
CREDIT LINE Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.713_acetate_bw.jpg)
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Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>, ca. 200-700. Ceramic, pigment, 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 21 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.713. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.713_acetate_bw.jpg)

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