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Human effigy figure
Mezcala
Late Formative to Early Classic periods
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Object Place: Guerrero, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Greenish black diorite
Dimensions
11.1 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm (4 3/8 x 2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay
Accession Number1974.602
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionAbstract rendering of a standing human effigy figure carved from a celt form. Figure may represent a female with hands meeting atop her abdomen.
ProvenanceBy 1974, sold by Teochita, Inc., New York, to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1974, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1975)