id:			160747
accession number:	1998.83
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.83
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:34.232000

Pair of Seated Figures, 100 BC-AD 300. Mexico, Nayarit, 1st century BC-4th century AD. Ceramic; average: 52.3 x 30.5 x 29.5 cm (20 9/16 x 12 x 11 5/8 in.); part 2: 56 x 31.8 x 30.5 cm (22 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1998.83

title:				Pair of Seated Figures
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creation date:			100 BC-AD 300
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		300
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
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culture:	Mexico, Nayarit, 1st century BC-4th century AD
technique:	ceramic
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Average: 52.3 x 30.5 x 29.5 cm (20 9/16 x 12 x 11 5/8 in.); Part 2: 56 x 31.8 x 30.5 cm (22 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 12 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago; September 2- November 22, 1998. Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; December 20, 1998- March 29, 1999. "The Art and Archaeology of Ancient West Mexico." fig. 13, p. 43; cat. no. 191.

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wall description:
This couple-extremely fine examples of their kind-may commemorate the marriage of an important person, such as a chief, but could also represent siblings of a chiefly family. Whatever their relationship, their unity is conveyed by their physical similarities, including their jewelry, which marks high social station. The female is unusual in nursing an infant, likely a reference to generational renewal and the continuation of noble bloodlines. The significance of the male’s activity-beating a turtle-shell drum- is not understood.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Acquires Major New Sculpture, Rare Chinese Prints, Contemporary Prints, Drawings & Photographs,” October 30, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4215

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