Detail View: The AMICA Library: Standing Figure
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1995.427
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; Central American; Mesoamerican; Tolita-Tumaco
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Tolita-Tumaco peoples
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Title:
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Standing Figure
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View:
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Rear View
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Creation Date:
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1st-5th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1
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Creation End Date:
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499
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Materials and Techniques:
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Hammered gold
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork-Sculpture
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Dimensions:
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H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1995.427
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Credit Line:
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Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1995
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Rights:
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Context:
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The three-dimensional figures of the Tolita-Tumaco area are among the most striking of Precolumbian gold objects. The present example is particularly distinguished by its fancy nose ornament, evidence that some form of headdress was once present, and by the position of the hands, which originally held objects now missing. The feet too have been lost. Made of many pieces of high-quality sheet gold, the figure may have been clothed for special occasions. The Tolita-Tumaco style area crosses the Ecuador-Colombia border along the humid Pacific coast. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ao1995.427.AV2.tif
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