Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing figurine holding an animal (dog?)

Date

300 BCE–300 CE

Medium

ceramic and pigment

Culture

Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Colima or Jalisco state, possibly Tuxcacueso-Ortices municipality

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Clay figurines were the earliest and most common art form in Mexico and other countries in the ancient Mesoamerican (Middle American) culture region. Made first by hand and later with molds, most figurines belong to the traditions of commoners, such as farmers, rather than those of elites. Clay figurines were the earliest and most common art form in the ancient Mesoamerican culture region.

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