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Two-Headed Woman1400–1100 BCE

Not on view
Small ceramic sculpture of two intertwined human figures with olive-tan and rusty-red surface, broadly modeled faces with perforated eyes and open mouths
Title
Two-Headed Woman
Culture
Tlatilco
Place Made
Mexico, Valley of Mexico
Date Made
1400–1100 BCE
Period
Early Pre-Classic Period
Medium
Earthenware with postfire pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in. (9.5 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm) Height on stand: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.45.57
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.