Figure
72-23-1
From: Western Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 72-23-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Western Mexico |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Seated Female Figure. Head and torso glazed red. From waist down, glazed white. Figure is sitting upright, holding her extremely large head in her hands, and resting her chin on her knee. There is a red and white ornament on the top of her head and she wears white discs in her ears. Her teeth are bared. There are 6 bumps on each shoulder and a cut in the top of each bump (representing boils or carbuncles?). |
| Height | 33.8 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width | 21.6 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Piper, 1972 |
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