Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Female Figure

Maker Costa Rican

Date1000-1522

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumCarved grey stone with pale red-brown incrustation

Dimensions10 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (26 x 13.3 x 8.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard

Object number1995.28.87

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionStanding figure with arms bent, elbows outward, hands cup breasts, rounded stomach, thick form with little negative space, flat bar of stone connects feet, incised linear design for long hair which ends in a straight row of knots at the shoulders.