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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