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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1200-900 BC creation date earliest: -1200 creation date latest: -900 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener copyright: --- culture: Mexico, Tlatilco, type D2 technique: pottery with white and red pigment department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 12.6 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm (4 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1959, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener) date: ?-1959 footnotes: citations: James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1959-1990 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1990- footnotes: citations: --- 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75. page number: p. 267, no. 2 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.140/1990.140_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.140/1990.140_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.140/1990.140_full.tif