https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/15296/full'Baby-face' figure1100-800 BCEOlmec artist(s)Overall: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.)Earthenware with pigmentGift of George and Helen GardinerPossible Origin: Veracruz, MexicoPossible Origin: Las Bocas, Puebla, MexicoG83.1.91Hollow 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.
MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica184734538OlmecFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)