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Storyteller Figure

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Jalisco
Ameca Valley, Jalisco, Mexico

Storyteller Figure, A.D. 100/800

Ceramic and pigment
55.9 x 55.9 cm (22 x 22 in.)

Estate of Ruth Falkenau, 1989.83

African Art and Indian Art of the Americas
Gallery 136

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