Standing Female Figurine

1200–400 BCE
Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
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This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village.

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This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village on the outskirts of Mexico City. The type is known as the “pretty lady” after its representatives’ sweet faces, fancy hairstyles, pinched waists, and flaring hips and thighs.
Standing Female Figurine

Standing Female Figurine

1200–400 BCE

Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco

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