About this artwork
Ceramic figures in energetic poses and with lively expressions were made in the Ameca Valley, Jalisco. Like other West Mexican works of art, they were intended as offerings in tombs. The range of subjects depicted by these sculptures includes gesturing individuals whose hand positions communicated well-established meanings. This sign language has yet to be described and interpreted, but such excited figures may well be recounting legends or myths.
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On View
- Arts of the Americas, Gallery 136
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Artist
- Jalisco
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Title
- Storyteller Figure
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Origin
- Jalisco state
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Date
- 100 AD–800 AD
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Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
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Dimensions
- 55.9 × 55.9 cm (22 × 22 in.)
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Credit Line
- Estate of Ruth Falkenau
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Reference Number
- 1989.83
Extended information about this artwork
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