id:			155410
accession number:	1990.140
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.140
updated:		2022-02-12 10:00:27.517000

Female Figurine, 1200-900 BC. Mexico, Tlatilco, type D2. Pottery with white and red pigment; overall: 12.6 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm (4 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.140

title:				Female Figurine
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creation date:			1200-900 BC
creation date earliest:		-1200
creation date latest:		-900
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Mexico, Tlatilco, type D2
technique:	pottery with white and red pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 12.6 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm (4 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1959, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1959
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1959-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990-
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fun fact: 
While many figurines are nude, they were likely dressed in perishable clothing and accessories.

digital description: 
This ceramic figurine—in the style of Tlatilco, an early village site in central Mexico—depicts a female with an enigmatic motif incised on the back of her head and substantial traces of red and white pigment. Since many figurines from the period depict females, modern interpreters usually connect them to fertility concerns. They also seem to testify to the importance of women among early Mesoamerican cultures.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.
	page number: 	p. 267, no. 2
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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IMAGES

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