Clay Female Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNKNOWN. IDENTIFICATION BY ELIZABETH BENSON (1975) AND GORDON ECKHOLM (1976). REMARKS: FIGURE SEATED ON HAUNCHES. CLAY. H. 14 1/4", W. 7". NAYARIT? FEMALE FIGURE WITH EXTREMELY PINCHED HEAD. BELLY IS CURIOUSLY FLAT FOR A WOMAN WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING BIRTH. DOUBLE BAND AROUND STRIATED HAIR; EAR ORNAMENTS; NECKLACE; CRUDE BOSSES APPLIQUE ON SHOULDERS. LITTLE WHITE CIRCLES PAINTED ON HEAD-BAND AND NECKLACE (WHICH HAS 3 STRANDS AND 3 PENDANTS).
label: Notes
content: SEE SI ARCHIVES
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nayarit (not certain), Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A552564-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture