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Seated Female with Facial Scarification and Tattoos or Body Paint200 BCE–400 CE

Not on view
Ceramic seated female figure with painted red facial markings, matte tan and gray-brown surface, arms folded across the torso

Unknown, Seated Female with Facial Scarification and Tattoos or Body Paint, 200 BCE–400 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Seated Female with Facial Scarification and Tattoos or Body Paint
Culture
Nayarit-Lagunillas (?)
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit, Lagunillas
Date Made
200 BCE–400 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
8 4/5 x 5 3/10 x 4 1/2 in. (22.352 x 13.462 x 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.144
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas