Figurine

36-8-1

From: Mexico (Central America)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 36-8-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tarascan
Provenience Mexico (Central America)
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Pottery, solid. Seated, with knees drawn up, hands on cheeks, head thrown back; backbone and ribs indicated; eyes prominent with slanting slits, ears merely rectangles, nose aquiline and mouth gaping, toothless; broad, high headdress, ribbed (feathers?) once painted black and white.

Height 15.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of George H. McFadden, 1936

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