M0012357: Zapotec funerary urn, 7th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Mexican funerary urn

Photograph of a Zapotec funerary urn with polychrome decoration depicting a god wearing an ocelot headress and a blue jewel on breast, 7th century, Oaxaca. This item was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (A10100) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

February 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.