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Female effigy
Chupícuaro
Late Preclassic Period
300–100 B.C.
Object Place: Guanajuato, México
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
7.94 x 3.81 x 2.22 cm (3 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.761
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionNude female figure holding her right hand to her mouth and cradling in her left arm a circular dish containing a spherical object. She wears a long, wide necklace and large circular earflares. Her waist-length hair is indicated by parallel lines incised on her back.
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)