Miniature Figure
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: Colima
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions:
height: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
width: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
depth: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Elizabeth Huth Coates
Object number: 97.1.6.n
Provenance: with W. Douglas Hague, San Francisco, CA, by 1971; by purchase from W. Douglas Hague to Elizabeth Huth Coates (nee Maddux) (1909-1996), San Antonio, TX, before 1996; by bequest from the estate of Elizabeth Huth Coates to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1997.
Label Text
These engaging earthenware figures are among the smallest representations of humans in pre-Columbian art. Because of their waist gear, some of these figures may represent ball players. Note that most, if not all, of the females are pregnant, suggesting an association with fertility. The order in which they are arranged is modern.
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