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Female effigy
Chupícuaro
Late Preclassic Period
300–100 B.C.
Object Place: Guanajuato, México
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: traces of white and cream slip
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 3.8 cm (2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.756
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionHand-modeled standing nude female figure. Body adornment includes a single-strand necklace wth central circular diadem, circular earflares, and an interwoven band as a headwrap. Traces of white slip on her hands and cream slip on the eyes and headwrap.
ProvenanceBy 1972, acquired in Mexico or Guatemala by Margret Craver Withers (b. 1907 - d. 2010), Boston; 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)