Object Title
Female Figure
Measurements
3 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (8.3 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm)
Creation Date
ca. 700 B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of John and Kathi Oppenheimer
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Lynley J. McAlpine, PhD <Lynley.McAlpine@samuseum.org>
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/10713/female-figure?ctx=2cecb4bc-f71f-441c-bf87-9c1bca665695&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Prior to AD 1550
Provenance Information
John and Kathi Oppenheimer, San Antonio, Texas, by 1998; On loan from John and Kathi Oppenheimer to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1998-2013; by gift of John and Kathi Oppenheimer to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.
Exhibition Information
On loan by John and Kathi Oppenheimer to San Antonio Museum of Art; 1998-2013.
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work was exhibited as a loan to the San Antonio Museum of Art prior to its donation to the permanent collection. SAMA staff first began working with and exhibiting objects from the Oppenheimer collection by 1998, a relationship that culminated in the donation of the collection to the museum in 2023. Documents presented to the museum prior to the donation indicate that Herbert Oppenheimer (1911-1989) was active in Mesoamerican art collecting by 1960; documentation also shows that his son, John Oppenheimer, was actively collecting by 1968.