Standing Female Figurine, 1200–400 BCE

Standing Female Figurine

1200–400 BCE · Ceramic

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Not receiving at present

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Source
The museum

About the sculpture

This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village on the outskirts of Mexico City. The type is known as the “pretty lady” after its representatives’ sweet faces, fancy hairstyles, pinched waists, and flaring hips and thighs.

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Particulars

Accession number
1962.250

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