Female figure
Artist:
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
Date: after 900 CE
Medium: fired clay
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1954.22.150
DescriptionFlat solid mold-made female figure with tall headdress in four layers. Long covering with incised vertical ines arranged in horizontal panels. Crudely made from mold, there are no arm, little facial detail, stylized legs. On the right side is a fan. On the back side at the bottom is a hollowed protruding circle, broken off, suggesting the figure was attached to something else. Poorly-fired reddish clay with traces of white paint or CaCo3.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
Contact Us
- Staff Listing
- fleming@uvm.edu
- (802) 656-0750
- 61 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05405
Download a 
Gallery Map of the Fleming Museum of Art (PDF).