Veracruz Ceramic Figurine
Precolumbian Moldmade figurine made of reddish clay. Complete figurine depicts human form with a large bifurcated headress and earrings holding baby or animal.
- Object: Veracruz Ceramic Figurine
- Artist: -
- Circa: 900-1500 A.D.
- Dimensions: 3-1/2" high 1-3/4" wide
- Culture Area: Mesoamerica, (Zempoala, Mexico)
- Cultural Group: Veracruz
- Cultural Context: Zempoala was the historic capital of the Totonac people, who joined with Cortes to defeat the Aztecs in the early 1500s. This moldmade figuring is typical of the postclassic forms from the Veracruz area and depicts a human female with her baby.
- Donor: Boone, Marjorie
- Catalog #: 86.073