Seated Female Figurine (600 BCE–250 CE): Art, History and Details

Seated Female Figurine (600 BCE–250 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. The meanings of these sweet, small, intimate works are not known, but they are found both in human burials and in household rubbish, suggesting varied uses.

Object facts

• Title: Seated Female Figurine
• Date: 600 BCE–250 CE
• Culture: Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: ceramic, pigments
• Dimensions: Overall: 7.6 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 in.)
• Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 1951.104

Collection credit

In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen

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