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Standing Male Figure600 – 900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic Maya-style standing figure with sandy tan clay body and traces of turquoise pigment, holding a decorated rectangular plaque to the chest, with an elaborate coiled headdress
Title
Standing Male Figure
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, Jaina Island
Date Made
600 – 900 CE
Medium
Ceramic with postfire applied pigment
Dimensions
13 × 4 × 4 in. (33.02 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sweeney Family
Accession Number
M.2022.226.2
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.

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