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Standing female effigy
Jalisco/Nayarit
Late Formative to Early Classic periods
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object Place: Jalisco/Nayarit, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: red slip paint with traces of white slip paint
Dimensions
14.8 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1974.595
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionSan Sebastian Red-style standing female figure with hands on hips. She wears a plain wrap skirt, simple head wrap, and circular ear flares. Black manganese staining on surface of clay.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Massachusetts, by 1974; to MFA, December 1974, anonymous gift.