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Female Figurine

c. 1500–500 BCE

Mexico, Guerrero, Xalitla, Xochipala style

Medium
earthenware with pigment
Measurements
Overall: 9.8 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1993.203
Public Domain
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Location
233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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Description

This delicately beautiful figurine portrays an adolescent girl wearing only boots, a belt, jewelry, and cinnabar paint. The sensitive modeling of the face and body is enhanced by the meticulous detailing of applied elements such as the coiffure and belt.
An earthenware sculpture depicts a standing woman with large, rounded hips and thick legs. She is decorated with muted red pigment on her hands, feet, and lower legs, and a red stripe running vertically down her torso. She wears a belt of clay pellets and raised bands on her upper arms and knees. Her hair features fine incised lines, and large circular ornaments decorate her ears, framing a wide-eyed gaze.

Female Figurine

c. 1500–500 BCE

Mexico, Guerrero, Xalitla, Xochipala style

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