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Figure

Artist
Date400 B.C.-1 A.D.
Mediumfired clay
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1964.2.41
DescriptionFrom collection of 8 late pre-classic clay figures. Standing figure features polychromatic paint of black, white and red. The facial features "pills" of clay, the eyes are incised. The features which distinguish it to the knees, a small disk of clay at the end of her nose (nose ornament) and tall headdress with hair dressed in 2 symmetrical bundles on either side of red-painted central element.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Head
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
1000-500 B.C.
Anthropomorphic head
PRE-COLUMBIAN/OAXACA
Head
MEXICO/CLASSIC
300-900 CE
Head
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
200-400 CE
Seated figurine
Pre-Columbian
250 B.C. - 500 A.D.
Urn
PRE-COLUMBIAN/ZAPOTEC
500-750 CE
Head
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
400-650 CE
Ibeji figure, male
Yoruba, Oyo, Nigeria
1920s
Flat pottery figure
Pre-Columbian
200 B.C. - 500 A.D.
Figurine fragment: head
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
400-650 AD