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Ceramic fertility goddess with infant effigy fragment
Mesoamerican; Aztec
Ceramic fertility goddess with infant effigy fragment
Mesoamerican; Aztec
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Ixtlan del Rio style hollow seated female ceramic figure / Mesoamerican; West Mexican

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Funerary sculpture. Ixtlan del Rio style. Hollow construction. Seated female with patterned dress and hat. Painted articles of adornment include dress, arm bands. Remnants of black pigment over entire surface. Painted eyes. Perforations at ears (.15” diameter). See 54.4121 for matching male effigy. “Marriage Pairs” are common within the Ixtlan del Rio style.

Ixtlan del Rio style indicates the predominant style of ceramics associated with the workshops of the Ixtlan del Rio region of Nayarit, Mexico.

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Title(s): 
Ixtlan del Rio style hollow seated female ceramic figure
Culture: 
Mesoamerican; West Mexican
Date: 
300 BCE - 300 CE
Period: 
Late Preclassic
Place: 
Jalisco, Nayarit, México
Materials/Techniques: 
clay, slip, paint
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Figure
Accession No: 
54.3892
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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