id:			159884
accession number:	1997.184
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.184
updated:		2022-01-04 17:22:26.956000

Female Figure, 100 BC-700. Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700). Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 28.6 x 13.4 x 10.3 cm (11 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.184

title:				Female Figure
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creation date:			100 BC-700
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		700
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700)
technique:	earthenware with colored slips
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 28.6 x 13.4 x 10.3 cm (11 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* New York, NY: The Guggenheim Museum; 1968. "Master Craftsmen of Ancient Peru."

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
This figure, which may once have worn small garments, might be a tomb offering. Her tapered head reflects the practice of cranial shaping, which may identify her social group and serve as a mark of beauty. Her fleshy hips likely refer to human and plant fertility, since food is the source of such bodily wealth. Her identity is unknown.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major European Porcelain Crucifix, Pre-Columbian Figure, and Other Works Added to CMA Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4165

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