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Object Number:66-30-15
Current Location: Mexico and Central America Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Chupicuaro (culture)
Provenience: Mexico (Central America)
Guanajuato
Chupicuaro
Culture Area: Central American
Period: Late Pre-Classical
Date Made: 800 BCE-200 CE
Early Date: -800
Late Date: 200
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Outside Diameter:6 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Carlo Gay, Teochita, Inc., 1966
Other Number:LT 144 - Other Number

Description

Figurine of a woman covered by red and white geometric designs that probably represent bodypaint.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) View Objects in Exhibition
Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 60, pl. 50View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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