Xochipala Style Female Figure
Artist
Olmec artist(s)
CultureOlmec, Xochipala Style
OriginXochipala, Guerrero, Mexico
PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)
Date1500-1200 BCE
MediumRed earthenware, ochre pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 28 x 10.1 x 4.8 cm (11 x 4 x 1 7/8 in.)
DescriptionXochilapa style standing female figure from Guerrero, Formative period, with arms held close to her sides. Female figure has large recessed lozenge eyes and mouth. The figure is wearing a headdress with geometric incising and a flattened forehead pellet, as well as a collar and waist-band.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.6
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
