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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.

Unknown, Seated Female Figure Suckling Two Babies, 1200–900 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ann Ziff

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