Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Female Figurine

Date

600 BCE–250 CE

Medium

ceramic, pigments

Culture

Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. The meanings of these sweet, small, intimate works are not known, but they are found both in human burials and in household rubbish, suggesting varied uses.

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