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Small 'Baby' Figure

Small 'Baby' Figure

Artist Unknown Artist

CultureOlmec

OriginLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico

PeriodFormative Period (2000 BCE-300 CE)

Date1200-900 BCE

MediumEarthenware, white slip, red pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8.2 x 7 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

DescriptionLas Bocas style small solid figure, Formative period, with one arm resting on the thighs of wide spread legs with outward turned feet. Traces of red pigment still remain and is a tomb figure.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.13

Classifications

Ancient Americas

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

On view

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