Small 'Baby' Figure
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureOlmec
OriginLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico
PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)
Date1200-900 BCE
MediumEarthenware, white slip, red pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8.2 x 7 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
DescriptionLas Bocas style small solid figure, Formative period, with one arm resting on the thighs of wide spread legs with outward turned feet. Traces of red pigment still remain and is a tomb figure.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.13
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view