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
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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