Standing figure with elaborate costume
Standing figure with elaborate costume

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Standing figure with elaborate costume,

400 BCE–200 CE

Tuxcacuesco-Ortices
Late Formative Period
2016-1320

Information

Title
Standing figure with elaborate costume
Dates

400 BCE–200 CE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of red pigment
Dimensions
11.7 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm (4 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1320
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Colima, West Mexico

Culture
Colima
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
pigment, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

Purchased between January 4 - Feburary 28, 1970, latest Feburary 1971, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated notebook and slides in the Griffin archive.

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