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, calcareous incrustations, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 5.9 x 4.4 cm (6 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
DescriptionXochilapa style female figure, Formative period, with bent arms held near her waist. Female figure has deeply incised eyes and mouth, striated centrally-parted coiffure with projecting bow, as well as various decorations worn on her body. The pigment on the figure remains.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.7
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Zapotec artist(s)
500-700 CE
Object number: G83.1.89
Artist / Maker: Chupícuaro artist(s)
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.25.1 -2
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Jama Coaque artist(s)
500 BCE - 500 CE
Object number: G83.1.1202
