On view
Art of the Ancient Americas
"Pretty lady" figure,
1200–900 BCE
Tlatilco
Early Formative Period
1999-241
Information
Title
"Pretty lady" figure
Dates
1200–900 BCE
Medium
Ceramic with traces of pigment
Dimensions
h. 10.0 cm., w. 4.5 cm., d. 2.4 cm. (3 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
1999-241
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Central Mexico, Tlatilco
Culture
Period
Subject
February 28, 1970, sold by ‘J.P.’ to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 1999, gift of Gillett G. Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum.
Notes:
[1] According to Griffin's Notebook 5-15.
- 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.)
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Robert M. Carmack et al., The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1996)
, fig 14.2, p. 508 (illus.) - "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1999," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 59, no. 1/2 (2000): p. 70-101., p. 79
- Robert M. Carmack, Janine Gasco, Gary H. Gossen, The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization, 2nd edition (Abingson; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2016).
