Figure

Artist Pre-Columbian

Date1200-500 B.C.

Mediumfired clay

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg

Object number1964.2.22

DescriptionStanding pregnant female figure, made of unslipped buff clay. Her eyes and brows slant towards her angular nose. The pupils of the eyes are incised as is the mouth. Her headdress is an incised coil of clay. There are circles of clay at her ears and her tirangular chin is protruding from the neck. The breasts and the stomach are pronounced and her left hand is resting on her thigh. The thighs are exaggerated and the shin is foreshortened to meet a small triangular foot.

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