Mother with Child600–900 CE

Not on view

Ceramic sculpture of a standing adult figure in an elaborate headdress holding a small child, in sandy tan clay with incised geometric patterning on the garment

Unknown, Mother with Child, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Mother with Child
Place Made: Mexico, Gulf Coast, Southern Veracruz, Nopiloa
Date Made: 600–900 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: 9 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 in. (23.5 × 13.97 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number: M.90.168.44
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Ancient Art of Veracruz, February 23, 1971-June 13, 1971; An Exhibit Sponsored by the Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles: Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, 1971.

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Mother with Child600–900 CE

Not on view

Unknown, Mother with Child, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Mother with Child
Place Made: Mexico, Gulf Coast, Southern Veracruz, Nopiloa
Date Made: 600–900 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: 9 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 in. (23.5 × 13.97 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number: M.90.168.44
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Ancient Art of Veracruz, February 23, 1971-June 13, 1971; An Exhibit Sponsored by the Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles: Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, 1971.