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Figure of a Seated Female

A work made of ceramic and pigment.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Date:

100 BCE–500 CE

Artist:

Nayarit, Lagunillas
Nayarit, Mexico

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Culture

Nayarit

Title

Figure of a Seated Female

Place

Western Mexico (Object made in)

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100 BCE–500 CE

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

47.6 × 36.2 × 24.8 cm (18 3/4 × 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Antonow, Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, Mrs. Gilbert Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Freehling, Allan Frumkin, George F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hartmann, Gaston T. de Havenon, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hokin, Alexander B. Maley, David T. Owsley, Robert Stolper, Chester D. Tripp, Mrs. Coonley Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Wielgus, and an anonymous donor; through prior bequest of Adeline Wheeler; through prior acquisition of Samuel P. Avery, Kate S. Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, Wirt D. Walker, and African and Amerindian Art Purchase funds; through prior acquisition of Samuel A. Marx and Simeon P. Williams endowments

Reference Number

1988.223

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