Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Male Figure

Date

c. 200 CE

Medium

earthenware with colored slips

Culture

Mexico, Jalisco, Zacatecas Style

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A female once accompanied this abstract male. The two may have had the same meaning as the nearby couple. They were also similarly linked by physical form, though the female’s head had no projections, the meaning of which is unknown. The size of the circle formed by the arms suggests that the figure once held something, perhaps a perishable offering.

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