id:			155414
accession number:	1990.144
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.144
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:41.540000

Female Figurine, c. 1200–900 BC. Central Mexico, Tlatilco. Earthenware with pigment; overall: 10.9 x 4.1 cm (4 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.144

title:				Female Figurine
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creation date:			c. 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:	Central Mexico, Tlatilco
technique:	earthenware with pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 10.9 x 4.1 cm (4 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
	opening date:   1992-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Everett Rassiga, Inc., New York, NY, 1963, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1963
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1963-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990-
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fun fact:
Figurines were also made of perishable materials including wood, paper, cloth, rubber, and dough.

digital description:
This ceramic figurine—in the style of Tlatilco, an early village site near Mexico City—depicts a nude female with an elaborate coiffure, attenuated arms, and the traces of mineral pigment. Since many figurines from the period depict females, modern interpreters usually connect them to fertility concerns. At Tlatilco, figurines were found in human burials that had been placed under the floors of homes.

wall description:

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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: 	Referenced: cat. no. 4, p. 267, Reproduced: fig. 4., p. 239
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367.

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