Hunchback Figure

600-300 BC (Formative)

7.5 cm 10 cm 7.3 cm

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Chontal is the name given to a group of objects that are less rigidly geometric than Mezcala works. The three-dimensional quality, facial treatment, and hatch marks on the arms identify this figure as Chontal. The meanings of the implements in the hands - perhaps a gourd or "m...

Sculpture

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6211
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sculpture
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stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Agueda Hernandex, Nyack, New York; Albert Ulrich, Taxco, Mexico; Rebecca Herrero Stokes, New York; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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4
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style
Chontal
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