Figure of seated old woman with pendulous breasts
Figure of seated old woman with pendulous breasts

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Figure of seated old woman with pendulous breasts,

200–500 CE

Pánuco
Early Classic Period
2016-1084

Information

Title
Figure of seated old woman with pendulous breasts
Dates

200–500 CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 10.8 cm., w. 7.4 cm., d. 7.8 cm. (4 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1084
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf Coast

Culture
Classic Veracruz
Period
Early Classic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
women, elderly, figures (representations)

By 1968, likely Merrin Gallery, New York, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequest of Gillett G. Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] Griffin lent to the Museum in 1968 (L.1968.133). Photographs of this object are in the Merrin Gallery invoices file – presumably Griffin acquired from there.

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