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Seated Female Figurine

600 BCE–250 CE

Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro

Medium
ceramic, pigments
Measurements
Overall: 7.6 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1951.104
Public Domain
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Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica.

Description

Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. The meanings of these sweet, small, intimate works are not known, but they are found both in human burials and in household rubbish, suggesting varied uses.
A tan ceramic figurine depicts a woman seated cross-legged with hands meeting over her stomach. She wears a tall, ridged headdress with a band of studs, nearly the size of her torso. She has narrowed, almond-shaped eyes beneath a red forehead mark and large, round ear ornaments. A collar with horizontal red bands covers her neck, matching remnants of pigment on her headdress, arms, and weathered base.

Seated Female Figurine

600 BCE–250 CE

Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro

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