'Baby-face' Figure
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureOlmec
OriginLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico
PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)
Date1100-800 BCE
MediumEarthenware, white slip, pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 41.6 x 34.3 x 32 cm (16 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
DescriptionLarge hollow Olmec seated baby, Formative period, with hands held to the thighs of the wide spread legs with outward turned feet, arms fragmentary and leaning slightly forward. Figure has a parted mouth and incised teeth, as well as perforated pupils, earlobes, stomach, and domed coiffure. It is painted greyish-buff with areas of red pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.10
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.25.1 -2
