Cleveland Museum of Art
Female Figure
- Date
- 100 BCE–700 CE
- Medium
- earthenware with colored slips
- Culture
- Peru, South Coast, Nasca
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This figure, which may once have worn small garments, might be a tomb offering. Her tapered head reflects the practice of cranial shaping, which may identify her social group and serve as a mark of beauty. Her fleshy hips likely refer to human and plant fertility, since food is the source of such bodily wealth. Her identity is unknown.
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