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Human effigy
Mezcala
Late Formative period
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Object Place: Guerrero, México
Medium/Technique
Mottled brown dioritic stone
Dimensions
12.3 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionSeated figure, perhaps male, carved from a stone cobble. The natural form of the rock guided the sculptured form of the figure.
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.