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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.

Unknown, Standing Figure with Head in Headdress, Chin Protectors and Thin Arms, 1200–900 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ann Ziff

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