Figure of a Pregnant Woman

2300-2000 BC (Formative)

2.3 cm 3.8 cm 2.6 cm

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To manufacture this figurine, an artisan took two small clay coils and pressed them together. The simple details of the body contrast with the often elaborate hairstyles. The female figurines are most often found in middens (trash deposits), usually broken in several pieces. T...

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James Judge, Quito, Ecuador [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John Stokes, Jr., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Elena Austen Stokes, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
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en
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