Cleveland Museum of Art

Female Figurine

Date

c. 1500–500 BCE

Medium

earthenware with pigment

Culture

Mexico, Guerrero, Xalitla, Xochipala style

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This delicately beautiful figurine portrays an adolescent girl wearing only boots, a belt, jewelry, and cinnabar paint. The sensitive modeling of the face and body is enhanced by the meticulous detailing of applied elements such as the coiffure and belt.

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