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Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_overall.jpg)
Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_overall.jpg)
Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_overall.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_overall.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_side.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_side.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_back.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_back.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_bottom.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_bottom.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_detail01.JPG)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_detail01.JPG)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_detail02.JPG)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_detail02.JPG)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.715_view1_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.715_view1_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.715_view2_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.715_view2_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.715_view3_bw.jpg)

Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.715_view3_bw.jpg)

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Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure

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CULTURE Zapotec
MEDIUM Ceramic pigment
PERIOD Pre-Spanish
DIMENSIONS 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 40.715
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Zapotec. Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_overall.jpg)
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Zapotec. <em>Funerary Urn in Form of Seated Figure</em>. Ceramic pigment, 8 13/16 × 8 × 6 in. (22.4 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 40.715. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.715_overall.jpg)

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