Standing Female Figure
Artist
Nayarit artist(s)
CultureNayarit
OriginNayarit, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative Period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumRed earthenware, red slip, cream resist, black resist, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 43.2 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm (17 x 7 x 5 in.)
DescriptionNayarit standing female figure, Late Formative period, with heavy legs, deeply incised eyes and mouth, holding a diminutive vessel to her right shoulder. There is a small bowl on the left, and centrally-parted striated coiffure. The figure is painted in deep reddish-orange with black resist geometric patterns, particularly on her thighs and buttocks.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.45
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.41
Artist / Maker: Chupícuaro artist(s)
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.25.1 -2
