Tlapacoya-type Female Figure

OriginTlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico

PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)

Date800 BCE-200 CE

MediumEarthenware, ochre pigment, black pigment, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 17.7 x 17 cm (6 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

DescriptionTlapacoya-type female figure, Middle Formative period, holding left hand to her swollen abdomen, and with incised hair and facial features. Polish greyware with traces of red pigment.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.8

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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