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Zacatecas Female Figure

Zacatecas Female Figure

Artist Zacatecas artist(s)

CultureZacatecas

OriginJalisco, Mexico

PeriodTerminal Formative to Early Classic Period (0-600 CE)

Date200-500 CE

MediumEarthenware, ochre slip, burnishing, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 34.9 x 19.8 x 11 cm (13 3/4 x 7 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

DescriptionZacatecas seated female figure, Late Formative period, holding thin arms below her breasts and at the sides of her body. Figure has heavy thighs and small feet. Facial features are ridged and perforated, with suspended ear and nose ornaments. Painted in ochre and deep brownish-orange with areas of black geometric patterns.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.17

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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