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        "tombstone": "Female Figurine, 1200\u2013900 BCE. Mesoamerica, Central 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",
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        "title": "Female Figurine",
        "creation_date": "1200\u2013900 BCE",
        "creation_date_earliest": -1200,
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            "Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco, type D2"
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        "department": "Art of the Americas",
        "collection": "AA - Mesoamerica",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "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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                "description": "(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1959, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)",
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                "date": "?-1959",
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                "description": "James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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        "did_you_know": "While many figurines are nude, they were likely dressed in perishable clothing and accessories.",
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        "description": "This ceramic figurine\u2014in the style of Tlatilco, an early village site in central Mexico\u2014depicts 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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            {
                "citation": "Young-S\u00e1nchez, 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",
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