Head
Artist:
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
Date: 1200-500 B.C.
Medium: fired clay
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1964.2.32
DescriptionHead from a female figurine. The eyes are large and almond shaped with incised pupils. The edge of the eye is made of a clay rim. The nose is long and angular with nose ornament. The mouth is opened and the tongue is exposed. The forehead, which is elongated, has an incised clay disk in its center. The head is wearing an ear plug and a coil turban incised to suggest pleated cloth. Gray ware with brownish slip and traces of red paint.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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