Figurine; seated female w/ foreshortened legs in front, arms on abdomen; prominent navel; modeled terracotta w/ black-painted hair; so called ‘Chinesca’ style; slit eyes and mouth, prominent nose; vent hole at top; red stripes overall (faint); broken and repaired; h. 31.2 cm.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
Nayarit, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Nayarit attr. (southwest Nayarit)
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 1, 1978
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
So-called Chinesca style, ca. 100 AD; according to von Winning, these figurines come from shaft tombs in southwest Nayarit.