Crescent-moon-shaped seated lady
Crescent-moon-shaped seated lady
Crescent-moon-shaped seated lady
Crescent-moon-shaped seated lady

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Crescent-moon-shaped seated lady,

900–600 BCE

Middle Formative Period
2016-1159

Information

Title
Crescent-moon-shaped seated lady
Dates

900–600 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
7.8 × 3.5 × 5.5 cm (3 1/16 × 1 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1159
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Guerrero, Costa Grande, San Jeronimo

Period
Middle Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
crescents (shapes), figures (representations), women

Franz Feuchtwanger; purchased on August 20, 1969, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated notebook entry in Griffin archive.

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