1976.W.1787 Trophy head (Linea Vieja?, Costa Rica)



GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
Period VI, 1000–1550, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364

Process/materials
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
stone: AAT: 300011176
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
human figures: AAT: 300404114
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
male: AAT: 300189559
men (male humans): AAT: 300025928
headgear (headware): AAT: 300209285
caps (headgear): AAT: 300046094
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
trophies (objects): AAT: 300233975
trophy heads (trophies of war): DMA
trophies of war (objects): AAT: 300379111
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
portable: AAT: 300256252
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] 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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Notes
Period VI, 1000–1550, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364

Process/materials
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
stone: AAT: 300011176
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
human figures: AAT: 300404114
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
male: AAT: 300189559
men (male humans): AAT: 300025928
headgear (headware): AAT: 300209285
caps (headgear): AAT: 300046094
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
trophies (objects): AAT: 300233975
trophy heads (trophies of war): DMA
trophies of war (objects): AAT: 300379111
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
portable: AAT: 300256252
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] 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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sculpture: AAT: 300047090
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
caps (headgear): AAT: 300046094
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
men: AAT: 300025928
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
male: AAT: 300189559
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211
human figures: AAT: 300404114
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
stripes: AAT: 300010230
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
portable: AAT: 300256252
trophies (objects): AAT: 300233975
trophies of war (objects): AAT: 300379111
trophy heads (trophies of war): DMA
headgear (headwear): AAT: 300209285
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
concentric: AAT: 300010274
stone: AAT: 300011176
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
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