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Emaciated Crouching Figure
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Emaciated Crouching Figure

c. 100 BCE–300 CE · earthenware with burnished red slip

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The protruding ribs and staring eyes of this melancholy figure may show the effects of a ritual fast, rather than famine. Fasting purified an individual in preparation for religious rites and may have enhanced the search for supernatural visions.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineEmaciated Crouching Figure, c. 100 BCE–300 CE. Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian Red Style. Earthenware with burnished red slip; overall: 14 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.261
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