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Standing Female Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE

Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio style

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Medium
earthenware with colored slips
Measurements
Overall: 48 x 30.8 x 16 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.266.2
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Nagarit ceramic sculputres, like those of Colima, were manufactured for burial with the dead. The popular male-female couples may be portraits of the individuals with whom they were buried. This female figure, dressed in a colorful skirt and hat, has painted or tattooed patterns on her torso and face. Jewelry adorns her face, ears, and nose. The vessel on her shoulder symbolizes her domestic duties.

Standing Female Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE

Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio style

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