"Boxer" figure
"Boxer" figure

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Art of the Ancient Americas

"Boxer" figure,

300–600 CE

Teotihuacán
Early Classic Period
2016-1238
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Title
"Boxer" figure
Dates

300–600 CE

Medium
Ceramic with red pigment
Dimensions
h. 11.8 cm., w. 8.0 cm., d. 4.5 cm. (4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1238
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Central Mexico

Culture
Teotihuacán
Period
Early Classic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
pigment, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

May 15, 1968, Frances Pratt (1913-2003), New York, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to an invoice in the curatorial file.

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