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Tlapacoya Hollow 'Baby' Figure

CultureOlmec
OriginTlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico
PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)
Date1100-800 BCE
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, and hand-built.
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
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
'Baby-face' Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.10
'Baby-face' Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.9
Small 'Baby' Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1200-900 BCE
Object number: G83.1.13
Tlapacoya-type Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
800 BCE-200 CE
Object number: G83.1.8
Standing Female Figure
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.1201
Standing Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.4
Figural Conjoined Vessels with Seated Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-700 CE
Object number: G83.1.89
Large Seated Male Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.42
Face Mask
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.36
Figure of a Seated Hunchback
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.46
Anthropomorphic Effigy Urn
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300-800
Object number: G83.1.91
Emaciated Male and Female Seated Figures
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2