Pair of Standing Female Figures
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureChupícuaro
OriginChupicuara, Guanajuato, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative Period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 100 CE
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, white pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.25.1): 11.5 x 4.5 cm (4 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Overall (G83.1.25.2): 4 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in. (12.2 x 4.9 x 2 cm)
DescriptionChupicuaro standing female figures, Late Formative Period, holding hands to their stomachs, wearing jewelry and incised bands over their centrally-parted striated coiffures. Figures are painted in buff with their faces and hair in red with areas of white pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.25.1 -2
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.21.1-2
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2