On view
Art of the Ancient Americas
Female figure with elaborate hairstyle, arms outstretched,
ca. 1500 BCE
Xochipala
Early Formative Period
2016-1395
Information
Title
Female figure with elaborate hairstyle, arms outstretched
Dates
ca. 1500 BCE
Medium
Ceramic with traces of red pigment
Dimensions
h. 16.5 cm., w. 9.0 cm., d. 6.3 cm. (6 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1395
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Guerrero, Central Mexico, Xochipala
Culture
Period
Subject
Acquired by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ by May 1971 [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated slides.
- Gillett G. Griffin, "Xochipala, the Earliest Great Art Style in Mexico," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 116, no. 4 (August 1972): 301-309, figs. 3 and 4, p. 304 (illus.)
- Carlo T. E. Gay, Xochipala: The Beginnings of Olmec Art (Princeton, The Princeton University Art Museum, 1972)., figs. 34–36 (illus.)
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Frances Pratt and Carlo T. E. Gay, Ceramic figures of ancient Mexico: Guerrero, México, Guanajuato, Michoacán, 1600 B.C.-300 A.D. (Graz: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1979).
, illus., fig. 21 - Harmer Johnson, ed. Guide to the Arts of the Americas (New York: Rizzoli, 1992), p. 81 (illus.)
