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Filename: 
MawM0317-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0317
Title: 
Small seated figure wearing a headdress.
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato)
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato)
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Chupicuaro figurines are handmade using tan clay and colored with red and white pigments. The small seated female figure wears a flattened cone shape hat usually seen on the hollow female figure.
Materials: 
Ceramic: tan clay with no pigment.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C.
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Figure
Dimensions: 
2 3/8 in high x 1 5/16 in wide x 1 3/6 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Chupicuaro, Mexico
Rights: 
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Culture: 
Chupicuaro
Period: 
Late Preclassic