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Person Wearing Headdress with Small Head on Top1400–1100 BCE

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Terracotta sculpture of a standing human figure with a smaller figure seated on its head, mounted on a black base, with weathered ochre and sienna surface
Terracotta standing figure with ochre and red pigment traces, featuring a smaller figure seated atop the head, wide-set legs tapering to rounded feet, and arms positioned at the sides; weathered surface with areas of erosion, mounted on a modern black base.
Title
Person Wearing Headdress with Small Head on Top
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: 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in. (13.3 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm) Height on stand: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.45.69
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas