Figurine

Artist PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO

Date1500-0BC

Mediumfired clay

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of Thomas B. Wilber

Object number1980.1.4

DescriptionLarge, flat solid figurine, buff clay with traces of red slip on dex, side head; the body style is Middle Pre-Classic Central Highlands or Oaxaca but the head is in a style unknown to me (PDShaplin); Abstract and almost featureless, and the same height as the entire body; Small ear flares and headdress with 4 projecting incised lobes at top; does not appear to be a pastiche.

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