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Collections

Kneeling Woman with Grinding Stone200 BCE–400 CE

On view: David Geffen GalleriesKeepers of the Cosmos in Mesoamerican Art
Small ceramic sculpture of a kneeling figure leaning over a flat grinding slab, with red-brown slip on the torso and an elongated cranial form

Unknown, Kneeling Female Grinding Food, Probably Corn, with Mano and Metate, 200 BCE–400 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Joseph and Barbara Goldenberg, photo (c) Museum Associates/ LACMA

Title
Kneeling Woman with Grinding Stone
Culture
Jalisco
Place Made
Mexico, Jalisco
Date Made
200 BCE–400 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
8 x 5 x 7 in. (20.3 x 12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph and Barbara Goldenberg
Accession Number
M.2016.179.12
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas