"Baby-face" figure

OriginTlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico

PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)

Date1100-800 BCE

MediumEarthenware with pigment

DimensionsOverall: 23.8 x 18.1 x 18.5 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

DescriptionTlapacoya hollow seated figure, Formative period, holding left hand at the waist and spread legs. Figure has a domed head with central forelock, and perforated pupils. Traces of pigment decoration remain.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.11

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

On view

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