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Standing female effigy
Tlatilco
Middle Formative period
600–400 B.C.
Object Place: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: traces of red, white and black paint
Dimensions
10.8 x 4.2 cm (4 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Dolliver MacDonald
Accession Number1972.946
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
Description"Pretty Lady" standing nude female figure. Her only body adornment consists of disk-shaped earflares painted red. Her hair, painted red, is indicated by an incised area atop her head. Figurine Type D-1.
Provenance1972, gift of John Dolliver MacDonald, Cambridge, MA to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1972)