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head with partial torso of woman with pointed cap and large earspools; eyes are perforated, nose has flat nose plug
Head
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Head

Artist Mexican Artist
Date500-100 BCE
Place of originVeracruz, Mexico, North and Central America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions4 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (10.2 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John F. and Lynn T. Scott
Object number2018.52.13
Collections
Visual Descriptionhead with partial torso of woman with pointed cap and large earspools; eyes are perforated, nose has flat noseplug
Figure of burnished mold-made ceramic with red and white paint.
Seated Warrior with Mace and Shield
Moche Artist
300-500
A reddish-brown clay figurine kneeling with splayed legs and arms positioned behind its back. The figure has a notably large, elongated head with a flat, textured top, narrow slit eyes, a prominent nose, and small ears.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
A reddish-brown clay figurine. It has short legs, short, outstretched arms, and round breasts. The elongated head features a long nose, white-ringed eyes, an open mouth, and is topped with a flat, ridged headdress.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
A flat tan clay figurine with a tall, ribbed headdress featuring a central red stripe. The face has slanted eyes, pierced circular cheeks, and a snout-like nose. Its small arms rest on its chest above long, separated legs.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
A flat tan clay figurine with a tall, ribbed headdress featuring a central red stripe. The face has slanted eyes, pierced circular cheeks, and a snout-like nose. Its small arms rest on its chest above long, separated legs.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
head and partial torso of woman, with knobbed headdress and draped collar, arms are truncated
Pretty Woman
Mexican Artist
900-500 BCE
Globular pot with flat base, wall rising with outward slope, rounding to inward slope at 2/3 height, narrow neck with wide flat flaring rim. handle loop from edge of rim to wall, attached head on opposite side, cylindrical with large ear spools, domical cap, beaked nose, large inscribed eyes, small slit mouth, brownish red slip with buff pigment on interior of rim, cap eyes and ear spools of figure, upper 2/3 of wall painted buff with resist patterns of geometric shapes, mostly panels of wavy l…
Bottle with Human Effigy Head
Peru Highland Santa Valley, Recuay
300-600
Standing female with ankle length skirt; arms curve inward with hands on stomach; very flat, wide torso and chest; large head and nose; twisted head tie; ornamentation at ears, neck and elbows; slightly raised breasts with small knobs; geometric design
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
Standing female figure; legs set wide apart; long feet with high arches; wide, flat chest and torso; wide shoulders; very short arms up at sides; shallow knobs for breasts at sides of chest; no neck; large nose and ears; thick head crest.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
standing female with rounded naturalistic features, round belly, large earspools and headdress, heavy collar, limbs missing except right leg.
Standing Female Figure
Huastec Artist
250 BCE-1530 CE
Stirrup pot with flat oval bottom, rounded egg-shaped body with stubby pointed tail, raised appliqués of legs - frog-like in back, wide turtle-like in front, large head with low beak -like nose, small eyes, three lines for mouth, and ears, stirrup handle has spout missing tail of attached monkey on stirrup
Seal Effigy Stirrup Spout Vessel
Chimu Artist
1200 - 1476
buff clay, upper torso of female with soft, baby-faced features; headdress with knobs; body is broken off below waist, left arm missing, right arm extended; nosering and earspools
Male figure
Olmec Artist
1150-900

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