id:			155422
accession number:	1990.151
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.151
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:41.594000

Female Figurine, 400–100 BC. Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro. Ceramic, pigment; overall: 9 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm (3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.151

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:	Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro
technique:	ceramic, pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 9 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm (3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 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).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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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
	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: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 19, p. 268, Reproduced: p. 243
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367.

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IMAGES

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