'Baby-face' figure
Artist
Olmec artist(s)
CultureOlmec
Possible OriginVeracruz, Mexico
Possible OriginLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico
PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)
Date1100-800 BCE
MediumEarthenware with pigment
DimensionsOverall: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.)
DescriptionHollow figure of a seated baby, Formative period, with hands held on thighs of the wide spread outward turned legs. The head is thrust slightly forward, open mouth, incised teeth, and recessed eyes and pupils. The domed head has geometric incisions. The body is painted in buff with remaining orange pigment, and the face is white and the hair in red and black.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.9
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
On view
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500 BCE-500 CE
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400-100 BCE
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