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Archaic Figurine
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineArchaic Figurine, 400–100 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro. Earthenware with pigments; overall: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1952.454
