Standing Male Figure (c. 100 BCE–300 CE): Art, History and Details
Standing Male Figure at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 100 BCE–300 CE, earthenware with colored slips. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Standing Male Figure (c. 100 BCE–300 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Like his female companion, this male figure is portrayed in all his finery. He carries spears, indicating that he is a hunter or warrior, and his confident grin conveys aggression and vitality.
Object facts
- Title: Standing Male Figure
- Date: c. 100 BCE–300 CE
- Culture: Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio Style
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: earthenware with colored slips
- Dimensions: Overall: 52 x 32.5 x 19.5 cm (20 1/2 x 12 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1990.266.1
Collection credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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