id:			155419
accession number:	1990.149
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.149
updated:		2022-01-04 17:08:24.921000

Female Figurine, 400-100 BC. Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro. Pottery with white and red pigment; overall: 7.8 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm (3 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.149

title:				Female Figurine
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creation date:			400-100 BC
creation date earliest:		-400
creation date latest:		-100
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro
technique:	pottery with white and red pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 7.8 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm (3 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Benedict Crowell, Jr., Oaxaca, MX, 1966, given to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
	date: ?-1966
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1966-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990-
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fun fact: 
Groups of figurines were sometimes arranged in scenes and likely used in household rituals.

digital description: 
The Chupícuaro culture, located north of Mexico City in the state of Guanajuato, created a distinctive ceramic tradition including small clay figurines. This example is said to belong to a group of ten figurines from the same burial or cache (1990.145–154). The group includes both males and females that can be sorted into couples based on size.

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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. 268, no. 17
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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