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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Seated Female Effigy Figure
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Seated Female Effigy Figure

Maker Nayarit people (Mexico)
Date100 BC-100 AD
Made/manufacturedNayarit, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions5 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (13.3 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. A.H. Spivack, im memory of Dr. A.H. Spivack
Object numberC-75-20
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionSeated female figure with legs splayed, tapering after knees with feet slightly indicated. hands on hips, arms looped, rectangular flattened head with conical firing, hole in top, coffee bean eyes and mouth, pinched nose, arm bracelets, multiple earrings Crisscrossing net design in black pigment over groin area to knees, chest, lower legs, and around firing, hole in red slip hair indicated in black pigment.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Mexico, southwestern Nayarit, Lagunillas
100 BCE-200 CE
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Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco
300-100 BCE
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
1-200
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Maya culture
550-830
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Zapotec people, Valley of Oaxaca
300 - 500
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Nicaragua, Nandaime
c. 800 - 1200
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Mexico, Colima
300 - 100 B.C.
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Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1550
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Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco
500 - 200 B.C.
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Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlán del Río style
100-300
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlán del Río style
100-300