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Art of the Ancient Americas
Standing woman with a wide headdress,
150–200 CE
Teotihuacán
Early Classic Period (Miccaotli phase)
2007-132
Small clay figurines were produced in the millions at Teotihuacan and seem to have been used in domestic contexts by all members of the community. The earliest figurines, such as this example, were modeled by hand, while later versions were typically mold-made. The skirt and shawl here indicate a female, who wears a headdress normally reserved for women in the first centuries of Teotihuacan art. Such figurines may represent women of a specific social rank and might have served as means for residents to symbolically interact with the high-ranking people they represent.
Information
Title
Standing woman with a wide headdress
Dates
150–200 CE
Medium
Ceramic with traces of yellow, black, and white pigment
Dimensions
15.6 × 13.6 × 5.2 cm (6 1/8 × 5 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2007-132
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Central Mexico, Teotihuacán
Culture
Period
Subject
[Judith Small Gallerie, New York]; purchased by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2007 [1]. [2] Griffin lent the work to Museum in 1966 (L.1966.193).
- Kathleen Berrin and Esther Pasztory, eds., Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Gods (San Francisco: Thames and Hudson and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1993)., cat. no. 80 (illus.)
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"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2007," in "More than one: photographs in sequence," special issue, Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 67 (2008): p. 96-119.
, p. 99; p. 102 (illus.)
