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Collections

Woman in Head Wrap500 BCE–300 CE

Not on view
Small ceramic standing figure with an elaborate coiled headdress, decorated with orange-red pigment, mounted on a dark square pedestal

Unknown, Standing Female Figure with Face Paint and Banded Headgear, 300 BCE–300 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ann Ziff

Title
Woman in Head Wrap
Culture
Chupícuaro
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
500 BCE–300 CE
Period
Late Pre-Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware with postfire pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (8.9 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.45.34
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas