Standing Female Figure
c. 1000–1500
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Standing Female Figure, c. 1000–1500. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Huastec. Stone; overall: 70 x 33 x 22.5 cm (27 9/16 x 13 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.169 The female depicted in this sculpture wears a serpent-maw headdress—the female’s head appears within the jaws of the serpent, whose eyes can be seen on the “fan” of stone around the head. Many elite Mesoamerican people of the period are shown wearing similar headdresses, suggesting that such sculptures represent noble women. In the past, they have been interpreted as supernatural beings. The position of the figure’s hands on her belly may suggest motherhood.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- stone
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 70 x 33 x 22.5 cm (27 9/16 x 13 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1990.169
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Exhibitions
- The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
