Flat Male Figure

200 BC-AD 300

Flat Male Figure, 200 BC-AD 300. Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Colima. Ceramic, pigment; overall: 20 x 10.5 cm (7 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.259 Clay figurines were the earliest and most common art form in Mexico and other countries in the ancient Mesoamerican (Middle American) culture region. Made first by hand and later with molds, most figurines belong to the traditions of commoners, such as farmers, rather than those of elites. Clay figurines were the earliest and most common art form in the ancient Mesoamerican culture region.