Seated Female Figure
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureJalisco
OriginSan Juaniton, Jalisco, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumEarthenware, white slip, red pigment, black pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 49.5 x 25 x 24.2 cm (19 1/2 x 9 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
DescriptionJalisco seated female figure, Late Formative period, with short arms held slightly away from the sides of her body, open palms, closely-set pellet eyes. Figure is wearing skirt tied at her waist, pendant necklace, banded arm and earrings, and her coiffure held by a broad band. The figure is painted in buff with areas of orange criss-cross and other geometric patterns.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.58
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
600-800
Object number: G83.1.126
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.206
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.128
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.62
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
