Figurine Head Fragment

Cleveland Museum of Art

Figurine Head Fragment

Date
1–550 CE
Medium
molded earthenware with pigment
Culture
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic period
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
128169

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The use of press molds at Teotihuacan permitted mass production of elaborately costumed human figurines. Lavishly ornamented headdresses are also worn by figures depicted on Teotihuacan's fresco-painted walls. Showy rows of sculpted feathers may represent those of the shimmering green quetzal bird.

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Credit line
The Norweb Collection
Provenance
?-1951: Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1951, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1951: The Cleveland Museum of Art

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