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Emaciated Crouching Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE
earthenware with burnished red slip
Overall: 14 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.261
Location: not on view
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The protruding ribs and staring eyes of this melancholy figure may show the effects of a ritual fast, rather than famine. Fasting purified an individual in preparation for religious rites and may have enhanced the search for supernatural visions.
Emaciated Crouching Figure

Emaciated Crouching Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE

Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian Red Style

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