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Flat pottery figure
Flat pottery figure

Flat pottery figure

Artist
Date200 B.C. - 500 A.D.
Mediumfired clay
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of R. Bruce Alderman
Object number1983.34.2
DescriptionFlat solid standing female figure, painted, arms folded on breast. Dress painted with red base and covered with diagonal lines. Face is very fine and almost no details visible. Cap is small and has rounded edges. Minimal features on shielding face. She wears a rolled turban, ear, nose ornaments. Size unusual for solid figure.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Flat pottery figure
Pre-Columbian
200 B.C. - 500 A.D.
Flat pottery figure
Pre-Columbian
300 B.C. - 300 A.D.
Standing female figure
Pre-Columbian
200 B.C. - A.D. 500
Seated figure
Pre-Columbian
200 B.C. - 500 A.D.
Head
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
1000-0BC
Flat pottery figure
Pre-Columbian
900 - 1200 A.D.
Godey's Fashions Americanized
Pease, J.I.
August 1849
Head fragment
550-750 A.D.
Standing figure
Pre-Columbian
300 - 0 B.C.
Standing figure
Pre-Columbian
300 - 0 B.C.