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Standing Female Figure100–600 CE

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Small ceramic standing figure in buff tan clay, female form with arms at sides, wide-set facial features, and coiled hair piled atop the head

Unknown, Standing Female Figure, 100–600 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
Standing Female Figure
Culture
Huastec (?)
Place Made
Mexico, Northern Veracruz
Date Made
100–600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 4 x 1 1/2 in. (29.85 x 10.16 x 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.90.168.47
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Whittington, E. Michael, ed. The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2001.

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