ISBN9780300232677:pg234

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TitleStanding Female Figurine

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date500-900

Creation date (description)Middle-Late Classic

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions22.5 cm (8 7/8 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/50346

Accession number1958.14.3

SubjectsWomen in artIndian sculpture--MexicoCeramic sculpture, MexicanEthnic costume

StatusFrom Central Veracruz

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Inner Mesoamerica: East Coast

George Kubler

Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America

This polished piece is flattened in form, with rounded side-edges that allow the piece to be grasped in the hand comfortably. The edges of the two ends are sharp. A hole has been drilled through the narrower end for suspension...

Author

George Kubler

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.60-85

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00095.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15575&redirecttoanchor=18020

Chapter subject tags:Art, Ancient AmericanOlmec artIndigenous peoples--Central AmericaVeracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)

4. The Gulf Coast

George Kubler

The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya and Andean Peoples

From south to north, the coastal plains with their dense forests can be divided into three archaeological regions. (1) The deltas of the rivers of southern Veracruz and Tabasco, on the gulf side of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. These were occupied by the main trunk of Olmec civilization, which had other manifestations from pre-Classic times onwards, in Central America, in Oaxaca, in the Guerrero and Puebla highlands, and in the Valley of Mexico. (2) Central Veracruz, including the Mistequilla …

Author

George Kubler

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.117-153

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00123.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-14191&redirecttoanchor=18020

Chapter subject tags:Olmec artTajín Site (Mexico)Art, Ancient AmericanIndigenous peoples--Central AmericaArchitecture, Ancient AmericanTotonac artVeracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)Huasteca Region (Mexico)

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