Small 'baby-face' figure

Artist Olmec artist(s)

CultureOlmec

Possible OriginLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico

Possible OriginVeracruz, Mexico

PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)

Date1200-900 BCE

MediumEarthenware with slip and pigment

DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8.2 x 7 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

DescriptionLas Bocas or Veracruz 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

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

On view

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