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Woman and Two Nursing Babies1400–1100 BCE

Not on view
Small unglazed ceramic sculpture of a seated figure cradling a smaller form, with simplified features and a weathered tan and gray surface, mounted on a dark rectangular base
Ceramic seated figure with simplified facial features, holding two smaller figures, one in each arm; rounded limbs and weathered tan surface with traces of red pigment, mounted on a dark square base.
Title
Woman and Two Nursing Babies
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: 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 in. (6.4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm) Height on stand: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.45.84
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas