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Human effigy
Mezcala
Late Formative period
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Object Place: Guerrero, México
Medium/Technique
Mottled brown dioritic stone
Dimensions
12.3 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionSeated figure, perhaps male, carved from a stone cobble. The natural form of the rock guided the sculptured form of the figure.
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)