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Archaic Figurine
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Archaic Figurine
Description
Burials from ancient villages near Chupicuaro, Guanajuato contain hundreds of pottery offerings. These include brightly colored vessels and solid figurines decorated with appliqué and incision. The cheerful, informal figurines were probably intended to provide the dead with companionship, and to remind them of their loved ones.
Date -400
Medium Earthenware with pigments
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art of the Americas
Accession number
1952.454
Place of creation Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupicuaro, 4th-1st Century BC
Credit line Gift of John Wise
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.454

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