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
6 of 14
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.