1969.13.3 Hand (Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
This hand was found with the Head of the rain god (1967.5) and the pair of crouching frogs (1969.13.1 and 1969.13.2), reportedly as part of a cave shrine grouping in the Mixtec area of Oaxaca. The fingers of this fearsome clay hand pierce the air in a gesture charged with aggressive energy. The original meaning, function, and location of this giant hand remain a mystery.

Adapted from
  • Carol Robbins, Label text [1969.13.1 and 1969.13.2], A. H. Meadows Galleries, 2010.
  • Kathy Windrow, DMA unpublished material, 1992.
NOTES
  • Currently not on view
  • Mixtec, Late Postclassic period, 1300–1500 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 01/05/16.
  • Noted for Tlaloc Head (1967.5): Mixtec, Late Postclassic period, A.D. 1300-1521 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on10/15/13, 06/19/14, and 04/11/16.
  • General Description drawn from: DMA unpublished material [TMS, Notes/Curatorial Remarks, Kathy Windrow, September 1992].
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Artist/designers
Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Mixtec: AAT: 300017180
Geography 
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Oaxaca (state): TGN: 7005591
Teotitlán del Camino (inhabited place): TGN: 1018441
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
incising: AAT: 300053847
stucco: AAT: 300014966
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
tufa (limestone): AAT: 300011712
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905
gesso: AAT: 300014952
Historical periods
Postclassic (Mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016987
Late Postclassic: AAT: 300134119
Individuals
Subject terms
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
effigies: AAT: 300047108
colossi (large scale sculpture): AAT: 300047453
lightning: AAT: 300068795
rain (precipitation / weather): AAT: 300055377
water: AAT: 300011772
Tlaloc (Mesoamerican / Aztec deity of rain and lightning): CONA: 1001411
red (color): AAAT: 300126225
white (color): AAT: 300129784
frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018
toads: AAT: 300252284
monumental: AAT: 300073760
shrines: AAT: 300007558
fertility: AAT: 300379149
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
caves (landforms): AAT: 300008746
hands (animal or human components): AAT: 300310193
gesture: AAT: 300056179
RELATED OBJECTS 
Reported as found in conjunction with the Head of the rain god, Tlaloc (1967.5), along with the pair of crouching frogs (1969.13.1 and 1969.13.2).
PROVENANCE 
Until 1969: Harry A. Franklin Gallery (Harry Franklin, d. 1983), Beverly Hills [1]

From 1969: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase, purchased from the above [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated May 27, 1969, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The Dallas Arts Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
 
This hand was found with the Head of the rain god (1967.5) and the pair of crouching frogs (1969.13.1 and 1969.13.2), reportedly as part of a cave shrine grouping in the Mixtec area of Oaxaca. The fingers of this fearsome clay hand pierce the air in a gesture charged with aggressive energy. The original meaning, function, and location of this giant hand remain a mystery.

Adapted from
  • Carol Robbins, Label text [1969.13.1 and 1969.13.2], A. H. Meadows Galleries, 2010.
  • Kathy Windrow, DMA unpublished material, 1992.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
 
Notes
  • Currently not on view
  • Mixtec, Late Postclassic period, 1300–1500 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 01/05/16.
  • Noted for Tlaloc Head (1967.5): Mixtec, Late Postclassic period, A.D. 1300-1521 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on10/15/13, 06/19/14, and 04/11/16.
  • General Description drawn from: DMA unpublished material [TMS, Notes/Curatorial Remarks, Kathy Windrow, September 1992].
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Mixtec: AAT: 300017180
Geography 
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Oaxaca (state): TGN: 7005591
Teotitlán del Camino (inhabited place): TGN: 1018441
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
incising: AAT: 300053847
stucco: AAT: 300014966
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
tufa (limestone): AAT: 300011712
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905
gesso: AAT: 300014952
Historical periods
Postclassic (Mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016987
Late Postclassic: AAT: 300134119
Individuals
Subject terms
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
effigies: AAT: 300047108
colossi (large scale sculpture): AAT: 300047453
lightning: AAT: 300068795
rain (precipitation / weather): AAT: 300055377
water: AAT: 300011772
Tlaloc (Mesoamerican / Aztec deity of rain and lightning): CONA: 1001411
red (color): AAAT: 300126225
white (color): AAT: 300129784
frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018
toads: AAT: 300252284
monumental: AAT: 300073760
shrines: AAT: 300007558
fertility: AAT: 300379149
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
caves (landforms): AAT: 300008746
hands (animal or human components): AAT: 300310193
gesture: AAT: 300056179
RELATED OBJECTS 
Reported as found in conjunction with the Head of the rain god, Tlaloc (1967.5), along with the pair of crouching frogs (1969.13.1 and 1969.13.2).
PROVENANCE 
Until 1969: Harry A. Franklin Gallery (Harry Franklin, d. 1983), Beverly Hills [1]

From 1969: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase, purchased from the above [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated May 27, 1969, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The Dallas Arts Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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fertility: AAT: 300379149
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
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sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
gesture: AAT: 300056179
Postclassic period (Mesoamerican periods and styles): AAT: 300016987
white (color): AAT: 300129784
red (color): AAT: 300126225
hands (animal or human components): AAT: 300310193
water: AAT: 300011772
rain (precipitation / weather): AAT: 300055377
lightning: AAT: 300068795
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
monumental: AAT: 300073760
frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018
toads: AAT: 300252284
shrines (religious / ceremonial structures): AAT: 300007558
colossi (large scale sculpture): AAT: 300047453
stucco: AAT: 300014966
Oaxaca (state/Mexico): TGN: 7005591
Teotitlán del Camino (Mexico): TGN: 1018441
tufa (limestone): AAT: 300011712
gesso: AAT: 300014952
caves (landforms): AAT: 300008746
Late Postclassic: AAT: 300134119
Tlaloc (Mesoamerican / Aztec deity of rain and lightning): DMA
Mixtec: AAT: 300017180
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