Kneeling Figure
c. 1200–600 BC
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Kneeling Figure, c. 1200–600 BC. Mexico, Guerrero, Olmec, 1200-300 BC. Stone; overall: 26.3 x 20 x 21.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1951.179 An observant traveler discovered the left knee and hand fragment, orginally missing and now reunited.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- stone
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 26.3 x 20 x 21.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1951.179
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas." p.27, black and white repr.<br><br>Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum of Princeton University; December 16, 1995-March 3, 1996. Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston; April 7, 1996- June 9, 1996. "The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership." cat. no. 14, pg 144, color repr. (fig.1 is view of the underside)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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