Detail View: The AMICA Library: Female Seated Figure

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1998.83.1-2
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
Mexican
Creator Dates/Places: 
Mexico, Nayarit
Creator Name-CRT: 
Mexico, Nayarit
Title: 
Female Seated Figure
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
100 BC - 300 AD
Creation Start Date: 
-100
Creation End Date: 
300
Materials and Techniques: 
pottery
Classification Term: 
Ceramic
Classification Term: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
Average: 53.35cm x 30.5cm x 30.5cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1998.83.1
ID Number: 
1998.83.2
Credit Line: 
Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
Rights: 
Context: 
The peoples of ancient West Mexico dug deep shaft tombs with one or morechambers at the base in which to bury the dead. Such tombs were probablyused by a family or clan over several generations. Ceramic sculpturesdepicting human beings, domestic and wildanimals, fruits and vegetables,and architecture were among the offerings commonly deposited with the dead.This large and extraordinarily well-preserved pair of sculptures clearlyrepresents a family unit, perhaps relations of the deceased. Clothing,coiffure and headgear are carefully detailed, as is the elaborate jewelryworn by both husband and wife. Typical poses and occupations are alsoportrayed: while the woman nurses her infant, her husbands plays a turtleshell instrument with a deer antler.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1998.83.1.tif