Seated Female Figure

OriginNayarit, Mexico

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

Date300 BCE - 300 CE

MediumEarthenware with pigment

DimensionsOverall: 17.2 x 12.1 x 8.2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

DescriptionNayarit seated female figure, Late Formative period, holding hands to her abdomen, wearing ridged headdress and skirt. Figure is painted in reddish-brown with black and white geometric decoration.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.47

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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