Unknown Central and South American
Articulated Figure

CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
  • Articulated Figure
Date600–900
MediumEarthenware with slip, with modern string and wire
DimensionsSeated: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Standing: 17 × 8 × 3 1/2 in. (43.2 × 20.3 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2016.116
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Provenance[Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1967–c.1970]; Private collection, New York, c.1970–2015; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc, New York, 2015–2016]; 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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