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Seated figure with legs folded beneath body; short arms raised to the sides; elongated head; long hair, hangs in four thick strands: two over the breasts and two down the upper back; small crown & head tie which hangs down at the back.
Female Figure
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Female Figure

Artist West Mexican Artist
Dateundated
Place of originMexico, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigment
Dimensions5 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 2 in. (14.9 x 10.5 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number1995.28.109
Collections
Visual DescriptionSeated figure with legs folded beneath body; short arms raised to the sides; elongated head; long hair, hangs in four thick strands: two over the breasts and two down the upper back; small crown & head tie which hangs down at the back.
Seated figure with right knee to right breast and left leg folded beneath body; hunched back with raised backbone; left hand on stomach; right hand holding large bowl to right shoulder; ornamentation at nose, ears, mouth, and left shoulder; large head with incised lines for hair; small pointed knobs for breasts at sides of chest.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
1-300
Standing female figure with short arms held out to the sides; small knobs for breasts on either side of the chest; wide torso; thick neck; large head with large nose; head tie with ornamentation at middle of forehead.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
Standing female figure; short arms raised out to the sides; round, protruding stomach; wide torso; small knobs for breasts at sides of chest; no neck; large nose; head tie with ornamentation.
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 figure w/ legs apart and arms bent; arms and hands are pressed to sides; wide torso; two small knobs at the sides of the chest for breasts; large head with large nose; nose ring; tall sloping coiffure w/ incised hair; hollow; pierced 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
Standing male figure with arms held out as in an embrace wearing long skirt with wrapped sash that hangs in front ending in tassels, has small triangular "tail", shell like object protruding from middle of upper back, conical headdress with small peak in front, animal skull hanging from sash on right side of head. Face painted in horizontal black stripes arms and legs painted in black stripes skirt and sash painted with black to correspond to pattern inscribed of zig zag bands
Standing Figure
Mexican Artist
100-200
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
Seated figure with legs splayed in front; arms bent at elbows; no hands or feet; broad torso; small knobs for breasts at sides of chest; large head and nose with ornamentation at nostrils; tall coiffure with incised lines for hair.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
200-1 BCE
Standing female with skirt; wide chest and broad shoulders; elbows bent outward with hands on hips; small raised areas at sides of chest for breasts; large head with few features still visible; headband; arm, ear and nose ornamentation.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
Miniature standing; short arms raised out to sides; ornamentation at ears, neck and arms; large headpiece; band with zigzag linear design; long hair, falls over shoulders in two thick strands.
Female Figure
Mexican Artist
300-100 BCE
Standing figure with arms bent and elbows out; hands rest on stomach; small rounded knobs for breasts; no neck and very large head and nose; ornamentation at arm, ears and nose; vessel sits atop head; hollow; red and white painted decoration.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated

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