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Standing Female Figure
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About this work
Nagarit ceramic sculputres, like those of Colima, were manufactured for burial with the dead. The popular male-female couples may be portraits of the individuals with whom they were buried. This female figure, dressed in a colorful skirt and hat, has painted or tattooed patterns on her torso and face. Jewelry adorns her face, ears, and nose. The vessel on her shoulder symbolizes her domestic duties.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStanding Female Figure, c. 100 BCE–300 CE. Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio style. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 48 x 30.8 x 16 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.266.2
