Seated female figuine of an old woman Maker: Unknown

1000–300 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Brown slipped ceramic

Dimensions

12.7 × 7.62 × 7.62 cm (5 × 3 × 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974

Accession Number

2008.215.21

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexican

Period

Early Formative to Middle Formative Period

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Robert S. Sonin (died 2011), New York, by early 1980s; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, early 1980s (inv. no. PCS389); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), sculptures

Subject

seated figures women

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