Cleveland Museum of Art

Urn Figure

Date

c. 150 BCE–200 CE (thermoluminescence date, 60 BCE–642 CE)

Medium

earthenware

Culture

Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This simply posed and costumed urn figure represents a goddess, or perhaps an ancestress. Early Zapotec ceramic art has a spare elegance that contrasts strongly with the florid ornamentation of later works.

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