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Monkey500 BCE–1000 CE

Not on view
Small stone sculpture of a seated squirrel with raised forepaws and upswept tail, rough pitted surface in warm brown and olive gray tones
Small stone figurine of a seated female form with a fan-like extension rising from the back, smoothly carved with rounded contours and a weathered grayish-green surface.

Unknown, Monkey, 500 BCE–1000 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Title
Monkey
Culture
Mezcala
Place Made
Mexico, Guerrero
Date Made
500 BCE–1000 CE
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
LE Inventory: 3 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (8.89 × 2.86 × 5.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.86.311.21
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.

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