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Elaborately Costumed Seated Female with Missing Eye1400–900 BCE

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a seated human figure with incised textile-patterned garments, remnants of red pigment, and an elaborate headdress

Unknown, Elaborately Costumed Seated Female with Missing Eye, 1400–900 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Elaborately Costumed Seated Female with Missing Eye
Culture
Xochipala/Olmec (?)
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
1400–900 BCE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
5 x 2 1/2 x 3 in. (12.7 x 6.35 x 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.315
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas