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Standing Female Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE

Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio style

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Medium
earthenware with colored slips
Measurements
Overall: 48 x 30.8 x 16 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.266.2
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Description

Nagarit ceramic sculputres, like those of Colima, were manufactured for burial with the dead. The popular male-female couples may be portraits of the individuals with whom they were buried. This female figure, dressed in a colorful skirt and hat, has painted or tattooed patterns on her torso and face. Jewelry adorns her face, ears, and nose. The vessel on her shoulder symbolizes her domestic duties.
A reddish-orange earthenware sculpture depicts a standing female figure with large eyes and bared teeth highlighted in white slip. She wears a coiled headband, ear ornaments, and a nose piercing, holding a small cup in her right hand. Black markings decorate her torso above a skirt patterned with geometric motifs. A white armband rings her left arm as she stands on thick legs, facing forward with a steady gaze.

Standing Female Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE

Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio style

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