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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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137325
label
Standing Female Figurine
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137325
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object
title
Standing Female Figurine
description
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.
date
1200–400 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80031878
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Ceramic
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1
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import
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Overall: 9 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm (3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.)
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Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco
accession
1962.25
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ceramic with pigment
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Standing Female Figurine, 1200–400 BCE. Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco. Ceramic with pigment; overall: 9 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm (3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls, 1962.250
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
didYouKnow
This figurine represents the best-known type found in graves at Tlatilco, an early farming village.
creditline
Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
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2026-05-29 07:00:40.716000
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137325
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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ceramic with pigment
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photo
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