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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Maker: Unknown

Standing female figurine with skirt and pellet leg coverings

1300–800 B.C.

Slipped and painted ceramic

9.525 × 3.81 × 2.223 cm (3 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 7/8 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2008.215.52
Geography: 
Tlatilco, Mexico
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Mexico, Tlatilco
Period: 
Early Formative to Middle Formative Period
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Lands Beyond, New York, to late 1960s; Peter David Joralemon, New York, to 2008; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.

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