Figure

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Culture Colima

Title Figure

Date 200 BCE–300 CE

Medium Clay and pigment

Dimensions Mount: 3 × 1/8 × 3 in. (7.6 × 0.3 × 7.6 cm)
Object: 6 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (17.1 × 8.9 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (includes mount): 6 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 in. (17.5 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. J. Frederick Beineke, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 70.104.12

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A number of small female figures survive from Mesoamerica. This figure gives an indication of Colima adornment as the figure wears a headdress, earrings, necklace, and loincloth.

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"Figure | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=70.104.12