Figure

72-23-3

From: Western Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 72-23-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Western Mexico
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Female Figure
Description

Seated Female Figure with child. Seated female nursing child. Glazed once. Hollow clay object with hole in top of women's head. Clay-colored and smooth textured on the outside. Woman is wearing a knee-length skirt , double armbands on each upper arm, and ear ornaments. There are score marks on her head (representing hairline?). Left hand is touching her left breast. Right hand supports nursing child at right breast. Child is sitting on her right thigh, and touches her stomach and side. Child's head is pointed in back and has the same kind of score marks as the woman.

Height 32.8 cm
Width 24.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Piper, 1972

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