Seated male figure
Seated male figure
Seated male figure
Seated male figure
Seated male figure
Seated male figure

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Seated male figure,

200 BCE–200 CE

Ameca-Etzatlán
Late Formative Period
y1985-47
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Title
Seated male figure
Dates

200 BCE–200 CE

Medium
Hollow clay with traces of polychrome
Dimensions
46.5 × 22.1 × 29.6 cm (18 5/16 × 8 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph Josephson, Class of 1982
Object Number
y1985-47
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Jalisco, West Mexico

Culture
Jalisco, Jalisco
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
ceramics, polychrome, figurines
Materials
polychrome, pigment
Subject
men, figures (representations), figures (representations)

Gift of Joseph Josephson (d. 2014), Class of 1982, to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1985.

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