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Seated Hunchbacked Dwarf

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

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  • A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Date:

300–400 CE

Artist:

Colima
Colima, Mexico

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 136

Department

Arts of the Americas

Culture

Colima

Title

Seated Hunchbacked Dwarf

Place

Western Mexico (Object made in)

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300 CE–400 CE

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

34.3 × 25.4 × 20 cm (13 1/2 × 10 × 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Neal Ball, Mrs. Roy Evan Barr, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Berger, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Bergman, Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Hans C. Cahen, Helen Marie Crone Trust, Reverend Richard J. Douaire, Linda Einfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Figeley, Michael Fortino, Merle B. Gordon, Dr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Guttman, Frank B. Hubachek, Mrs. John V. McGuire, Gwendolyn Miller and Herbert Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller, Mary Kirk Newcomb in memory of Paulene Kirk, Fred Novy and Edward Pinsel, Meryl Pinsof Platt, Barbara Rose, Anna L. Unzicker, Peter G. Wray, Theodore N. Zekman; purchased with funds provided by Winter and Hirsch, Inc.

Reference Number

1988.224

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