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Seated human effigy urn
Zapotec
Classic period
A.D. 600–900
Object Place: Oaxaca, México
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: white slip paint and traces of red pigment
Dimensions
14.6 x 10.79 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.751
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionA seated figure wears a long skirt and no loin cloth, which may identify the figure as female. Arms are crossed over the chest area, and legs are crossed underneath the skirt. The figure wears wears a necklace of large beads and circular earflares. Traces of dark red pigment are found on the arms, feet, eyes, rear of her head, skirt and back.
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.