OJAC Collection - Flat Female Figurine

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Flat Female Figurine

900 - 1521 CE
10th-16th century
5 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 3/4 in. (12.7 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.91 cm)

Michoacan, Mexican, (active 900–1400)

Object Type: Pre-Columbian

Medium and Support: Ceramic

Credit Line: Gift of William O. Gross Jr.

Accession Number: 1986.106

Object Description

Flat clay figurine, female with coffee-bean applied eyes, parted mouth, wearing neck ornament with incised base. Traces of white on eyes, white and red on neck ornament. Hair, parted in middle, hangs at sides of face. Figure speckled with black. Gross No. 199 MMI

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Ancient Americas, Figure, Maternity and Childhood, Pre-Columbian

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Ancient Americas in a New Light , 2/26/2022 - 8/20/2022

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Arts of Central and South Americas