id: 160748 accession number: 1998.83.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.83.1 updated: 2023-03-15 15:46:34.242000 Female Seated Figure, 100 BC - 300 AD. 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1998.83.1 title: Female Seated Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 100 BC - 300 AD creation date earliest: -100 creation date latest: 300 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin copyright: --- culture: Mexico, Nayarit, 1st century BC-4th century AD technique: ceramic department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 52.3 x 30.5 x 29.5 cm (20 9/16 x 12 x 11 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Art and Archaeology of Ancient West Mexico opening date: 1998-09-26T00:00:00 The Art and Archaeology of Ancient West Mexico. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (September 26-December 5, 1998); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 9-March 2, 1999). --- 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. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4215 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.83.1/1998.83.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.83.1/1998.83.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.83.1/1998.83.1_full.tif