Female figure: "Carino" type
Female figure: "Carino" type

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Female figure: "Carino" type,

ca. 700 BCE

Tlatilco
Middle Formative Period
1999-248

Information

Title
Female figure: "Carino" type
Dates

ca. 700 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 5.4 cm., w. 3.0 cm., d. 1.9 cm. (2 1/8 x 1 3/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
1999-248
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Central Mexico, Tlatilco

Culture
Tlatilco
Period
Middle Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations), women

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