Standing Female Figurine (1200–400 BCE): Art, History and Details

Standing Female Figurine (1200–400 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village on the outskirts of Mexico City. The type is known as the “pretty lady” after its representatives’ sweet faces, fancy hairstyles, pinched waists, and flaring hips and thighs.

Object facts

• Title: Standing Female Figurine
• Date: 1200–400 BCE
• Culture: Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: Ceramic, pigment
• Dimensions: Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
• Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 1952.455

A detail from the museum

This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village.

Collection credit

Gift of John Wise

View the collection record

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