https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/15291/fullFigure of dancer with 'pastillaje' headdress600-900Veracruz artist(s)Overall: 57.8 x 45.7 x 13.5 cm (22 3/4 x 18 x 5 5/16 in.)Earthenware with red on cream slip, asphalt paintGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Veracruz, MexicoG83.1.690Veracruz 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.
MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica181468438Central VeracruzLate Classic period (600-850 CE)