Standing Female Effigy Figure

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CultureClassic Veracruz

Titles

Standing Female Effigy Figure

Date600–900

PlaceMexico

MediumTerra cotta with pigment

Dimensions13 3/4 × 8 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (35 × 22.5 × 22.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment

Object number2016.82

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

SCULPTURE

Provenance[Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, late 1960s]; Collection Vanden Avenne, Belgium; [Binoche et Giquello, Paris, Drouot Richelieu, Salles 1-7, "Importante Vente d'Art Precolombien—de l'Ancienne Collection Vanden Avenne," lot 33]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"50 figures from a Site in Veracruz," Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, March 2–21, 1970.

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