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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Fertility Figure
Date Made:400 BCE-200 CE
Type:Sculpture
Materials:Terracotta
Place Made:North America; West Mexico; Jalisco
Measurements:overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 in; 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.08 cm
Narrative Inscription:  label: center of back (yellowed adhesive label, black pen):LOK- 43 / SEATED / CHINESE / WOMAN / $60
Accession Number:  MH 2006.3.6
Credit Line:Bequest of Mary Ryan Orwen (Class of 1935)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Standing female fertility figure with prominent facial features and large rounded shoulders; arms and hands rest on her rounded pregnant belly; stump legs with the feet incised to indicate toes. She wears a turban, braided headdress and ear spools. Hollow - hole in top of head. Two rows of painted circles around neck.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people

Subjects:
archaeological objects; Civilization, Ancient; Indigenous peoples

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