id: 128089 accession number: 1951.104 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.104 updated: 2023-08-23 20:50:58.212000 Seated Female Figurine, 600 BC-AD 250. Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro. Ceramic, pigments; overall: 7.6 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1951.104 title: Seated Female Figurine title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 600 BC-AD 250 creation date earliest: -600 creation date latest: 250 current location: creditline: In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen copyright: --- culture: Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro technique: ceramic, pigments department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 7.6 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; June 8-September 4, 1956. "Monumental Sculpture in Miniature." --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. digital description: Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. The meanings of these sweet, small, intimate works are not known, but they are found both in human burials and in household rubbish, suggesting varied uses. wall description: Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. The meanings of these sweet, small, intimate works are not known, but they are found both in human burials and in household rubbish, suggesting varied uses. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.104/1951.104_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.104/1951.104_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.104/1951.104_full.tif