Seated Female Figurine

600 BC-AD 250

Seated Female Figurine, 600 BC-AD 250. Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro. Ceramic, pigments; overall: 7.6 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1951.104 Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica. The meanings of these sweet, small, intimate works are not known, but they are found both in human burials and in household rubbish, suggesting varied uses. Clay figurines, mainly nude females, were the most common art form of early villages throughout Mesoamerica.