Figurine of a hunchback
Figurine of a hunchback

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Figurine of a hunchback,

200–350 CE

Teotihuacán
Early Classic Period (Tlamimilolpa phase)
y1967-150

Information

Title
Figurine of a hunchback
Dates

200–350 CE

Medium
Ceramic with pigment
Dimensions
6 × 5 × 5 cm (2 3/8 × 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
y1967-150
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico, D.F., near Metepec, Central Mexico

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on bottom of buttocks: 33
Culture
Teotihuacán
Period
Early Classic, Miccaotli
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
pigment, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

[Chait Gallery, run by Ralph Chait, New York, NY]; purchased by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ by 1967 [1]; gift of Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum in 1967. [1] According to dated accession cards.

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