Seated 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: SEATED WOMAN. CLAY. H. 12 1/2", 7 1/2". NAYARIT? ONE HAND AT WAIST, RIGHT HAND HOLDING BOWL AT SHOULDER. THICK HEADBAND WITH YELLOW, RED, AND WHITE PAINTED DESIGN (CIRCLES IN DIAGONAL STRIPES). BLACK FACE PAINTING. ELABORATE AND WELL-MADE NOSE ORNAMENT; "DOUBLE-LOCK" EAR ORNAMENTS PAINTED WHITE. DESIGN PAINTED ON TORSO; STRIPED SKIRT; ARMBANDS BY ELBOW WHITE BRACELETS. BOWL HAS YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE STRIPES. VERY CRUDELY RENDERED LEGS/FEET.
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
culture: label: Culture
content: Nayarit Style
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A552567-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture