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Pair of figurines
Huastec
Late Formate to Early Classic Periods
300 BC-AD 300
Object Place: Veracruz, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with bitumen paint
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 9 x 6 cm (11 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.) lighter in color
Overall: 27.3 x 9 x 4 cm (10 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.) more red in color
Overall: 27.3 x 9 x 4 cm (10 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.) more red in color
Credit Line
Gift of Marla S. and Bertram Perkel
Accession Number2014.542.1-2
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionTwo standing female figurines. They wear elaborate head adornments and necklaces and simple pubic wraps.
ProvenanceBetween about 1955 and 1970, acquired by Jules Berman (b. 1910 - d. 1998), Los Angeles [see note 1]; December 12, 1974, Berman collection sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 322, to Bertram and Marla Perkel, North Truro, MA; 2014, gift of Bertram and Marla Perkel to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)
NOTES:
[1] This object formed part of Jules Berman’s “Kahlua Collection.” Berman began collecting Pre-Columbian art in 1955; his collection was used throughout the 1960s in print ads for Kahlúa. In 1970, he left the Kahlúa organization and took his collection with him.
NOTES:
[1] This object formed part of Jules Berman’s “Kahlua Collection.” Berman began collecting Pre-Columbian art in 1955; his collection was used throughout the 1960s in print ads for Kahlúa. In 1970, he left the Kahlúa organization and took his collection with him.