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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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