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Figure of a mother nursing a child

CultureJalisco
OriginJalisco, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumEarthenware with slip and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 36 x 27.9 cm (14 3/16 x 11 in.)
DescriptionJalisco seated figure of a mother nursing child, Late Formative period, and is painted in cream with areas of red and black.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.55
Classifications
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
Figural of a mother and child
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
Seated Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.58
Figure of a Seated Drummer
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.56
Standing Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.61
Figure of a Seated Warrior with Shield and Weapon
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.59
Seated Male Figure
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.54
Seated Female Figure Holding a Jar
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.62
Emaciated Crouching Figure
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.51
Standing Small Figure
Artist / Maker: Olmec artist(s)
1200-900 BCE
Object number: G83.1.14
Standing Female Figure
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.1201
Large Seated Male Figure
Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.42
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Artist / Maker: Bahía artist(s)
500 BCE-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.212