116. Anthropomorphic Pre-Columbian Figurine, Tlatilco Culture, approx. 100-250 AD.

Female character represented standing with hands beside the body. She wears a veil on her head, left on her back, fixed on the top with a crown made of circular formations lined up in relief. The eyes are large and almond-shaped; the nose prominent; the mouth slightly open with thick lips. Two small protrusions on the chest indicate breasts; lower down, a small hole suggests the navel. The sex and fingers of the hands and feet are rendered through short incisions. The piece was covered with a layer of yellowish engobe, and red color was added over the ornament on the head.

References

Catharina E. Santasilla; Tlatilco Uncovered; Los Angeles; 2018; p. 41; fig. 26

Dimensions

custom h=12 cm

PROVENANCE

Josef Mueller Collection, Solothurn, between 1920 and 1939 Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, Inv. No. 500-7 Sotheby's Auction, France, 22.03.2013, lot 176

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