Standing female figure
Standing female figure

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Standing female figure

Chupícuaro
Late Formative Period
2016-1240

Information

Title
Standing female figure
Medium
Tanware
Dimensions
h. 11.2 cm., w. 5.1 cm., d. 2.2 cm. (4 7/16 x 2 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1240
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Guanajuato or Michoacan

Period
Late Preclassic, Mesoamerican cultures, styles and periods
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
tan ware
Subject
figures (representations), women

August 29, 1967, sold by Jorge Hauswaldt to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequest of Gillett G. Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to Gillett G. Griffin’s Notebook 1-3.

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