Female figurine
Female figurine

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Female figurine,

600 BCE–1 CE

Chupícuaro
Late Formative Period
2016-1303

Information

Title
Female figurine
Dates

600 BCE–1 CE

Medium
Ceramic with red and white pigment
Dimensions
9.6 × 4.1 × 3 cm (3 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1303
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Guanajuato or Michoacán

Period
Late Preclassic
Type
ceramics, figurines
Materials
pigment, tan ware
Subject
figures (representations)

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

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