Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Female Figurine

Date

1200–400 BCE

Medium

Ceramic, pigment

Culture

Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village on the outskirts of Mexico City. The type is known as the “pretty lady” after its representatives’ sweet faces, fancy hairstyles, pinched waists, and flaring hips and thighs. This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village.

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