Female Figure

1200-900 BC (Early Formative)

17.8 cm 39.9 cm 7.1 cm

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Large, hollow figures epitomize the sculptural expertise of the earliest pottery artists in the central Mexican highlands. Found in burials at sites in the Valley of Mexico, such as Tlatilco and Tlapacoya, and many others in the adjacent states of Morelos and Puebla, these fig...

Sculpture

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80205
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sculpture
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Michael Robins [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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en
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3
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