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Filename: 
MawM0338-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0338
Title: 
Standing female figure : dancer.
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico
Subject: 
Art--Mexico
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Tlatilco potters excelled in small delicate figures, such as this young girl in a grass skirt dancing. Ninety percent of the figurines made during the Preclassic period were female.
Materials: 
Ceramic: buff clay with red pigment.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 1200 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Figure
Dimensions: 
5 5/8 in high x 2 5/8 in wide x 1 3/16 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Tlatilco, Mexico
Rights: 
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Culture: 
Tlatilco
Period: 
Middle Preclassic