Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style, a "Teco" variant, solid female figurine strapped to a litter / Mesoamerican; West Mexican

Essay/Description

Funerary sculpture. Ceramic effigy “sick bed.”

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style, a "Teco" variant, solid female figurine strapped to a litter

Culture:

Mesoamerican; West Mexican

Date:

300 BCE - 300 CE

Period:

Preclassic

Place:

Colima, Jalisco, México

Materials/Techniques:

clay

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Figurine

Accession No:

54.3759

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 1 11/25in. (3.7cm)
Width: 1 49/50in. (5.0cm)
Length: 4 5/16in. (11.0cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Art, bed, Ceremonial, Colima, female, Jalisco, litter, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, mortuary, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian, prehistoric, sculpture, sick, stretcher, woman

Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style, a "Teco" variant, solid female figurine strapped to a litter. 54.3759. Kravis Discovery Center. 300 BCE - 300 CE. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/543759 (07/27/2017).

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