Figurine
Figurine

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Figurine,

500–1 BCE

Bahía
Late Formative Period to early Regional Development Period
2016-1290

Information

Title
Figurine
Dates

500–1 BCE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of pigment
Dimensions
9.8 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm (3 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1290
Place Made

South America, Ecuador, Manabí, coastal, Los Esteros

Culture
Bahía
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

February 2, 1981, Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to an invoice in the curatorial file. Komor inventory F828.

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