Seated figure
Seated figure
Seated figure
Seated figure
Seated figure
Seated figure

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Seated figure,

800–1550

Greater Chiriquí (Buenos Aires Polychrome)
Chiriquí Period
1996-247

Information

Title
Seated figure
Dates

800–1550

Medium
Ceramic with polychrome slip-paint
Dimensions
12.3 × 10.6 × 8 cm (4 13/16 × 4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen C. Jett, Ph.D., Class of 1960, in honor of Princeton University's 250th Anniversary and in honor of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
1996-247
Place Made

North America, Costa Rica or Panama, Diquís region

Culture
Costa Rican
Period
Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Type
ceramics, figurines
Materials
polychrome, slip, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

[The Antique Mall, Franklin, Natchez, MS]. Gift of Stephen C. Jett, Ph.D. in honor of Princeton University's 250th Anniversary and in honor of Gillett G. Griffin, to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1996.

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