YPM ANT.257033

Stone Axe Effigy from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Anthropology Collection. Catalog Number: YPM ANT.257033 Description: Stone axe effigy, human figure, 12' height, 4 1/4' maximum width, dark green stone, carved and with incision, long face with small forehead and long nose, arms long, bent at elbows, hands grasping each other, abstract legs, defined by curve between them. Materials: Stone Function: Art; Tools Manufacturing Equipment Culture Group: Latin American : Mesoamerica : Mezcala Locality: North America; Mexico; Jalisco State Unit of measurement = millimeters 3D Reconstruction performed using Reality Capture version 1.2. 474 images captured by the Computer Operated Photogrammetric Imaging System (COPIS), a project to design and prototype a modular, multi-view imaging system for museum collections. http://copis3d.org/ This work has been made possible in part by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor (award no. HAA-266508-19).