Incense Burner with Old Man God, A.D. 300-500. Zapotec Culture, Oaxaca, Mexico. Earthenware with traces of pigment: 9" x 13" x 14". Bequest of Elizabeth Huth Coates


 

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Classic Period

 
 
  OLD MAN GOD

rtists of Monte Alban often emphasized the face and headdress of god figures. This figure represents the Old God (wearing a bird headdress), who was one of the earliest gods to be represented in Mesoamerican art.