Seated infantile figure
Seated infantile figure

On view

East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Seated infantile figure,

1400–1000 BCE

Olmec style
Early Formative Period
2016-1439

Information

Title
Seated infantile figure
Dates

1400–1000 BCE

Medium
Orangeware
Dimensions
12 × 11.5 × 6.2 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1439
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf Coast, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan

Culture
Olmec
Period
Early Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
infants, figures (representations)

Acquired by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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