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Photographer: Melissa Shimmerman
Figure of dancer with 'pastillaje' headdress
Photographer: Melissa Shimmerman

Figure of dancer with 'pastillaje' headdress

OriginVeracruz, Mexico
PeriodLate Classic period (600-850 CE)
Date600-900
MediumEarthenware with red on cream slip, asphalt paint
DimensionsOverall: 57.8 x 45.7 x 13.5 cm (22 3/4 x 18 x 5 5/16 in.)
DescriptionVeracruz standing dancer, Late Classic period, with extended and upturned arms, large head with sunken lozenge-shaped eyes. The figure has slightly parted lips, and wearing elaborate headdress with projecting clusters. There is also a fragmentary bow above, jewellery on the arms and neck, and long skirt. There are traces of ochre, red, and black pigment.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.69
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
Mask
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
600-850
Object number: G83.1.104
Standing Small Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1200-900 BCE
Object number: G83.1.14
Dish
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c.1789-1790
Object number: G05.18.21
'Baby-face' Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.10
Sun God Effigy Lid
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-700
Object number: G83.1.78a-b
Pair of Seated Figures
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.48.1-2
Emaciated Crouching Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.51
Cylinder Vase with Maize God
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
675-725
Object number: G83.1.118
Figural Group of a Mother and Child
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
Standing Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
800-1100
Object number: G83.1.150
Standing Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.200
Xochipala Style Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1500-1200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.7