Seated couple, one holding a rattle
Seated couple, one holding a rattle

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Seated couple, one holding a rattle,

200 BCE–200 CE

Late Formative Period
2016-1309

Information

Title
Seated couple, one holding a rattle
Dates

200 BCE–200 CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
18 × 11.8 × 14 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1309
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Jalisco, West Mexico

Culture
Jalisco
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
men, women, couples, figures (representations), rattles

[Joan Barist Primitive Art, New York, NY]; purchased on October 21 1986, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated invoice from the gallery to Griffin on October 21, 1986.

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