Seated Female Figure Holding a Jar

OriginJalisco, Mexico

PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)

Date300 BCE - 300 CE

MediumEarthenware with pigment

DimensionsOverall: 21.6 x 17.1 x 14.6 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in., 14.6 cm)

DescriptionJalisco seated female figure, Late Formative period, with her left arm raised and holding a large watering vessel strapped at the back of the head. The figure is painted in ochre and reddish-brown with areas of black geometric decoration.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.62

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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