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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Seated Mother With Child And Bowl
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Seated Mother With Child And Bowl

Artist Unknown
CultureMexican | Pre-Columbian
Date100 B.C.- A.D. 200
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Edwin Pearlman in Memory of Mrs. Dora Pearlman
Object number80.182.5
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105
DescriptionSeated mother with child and bowl of cream slip terracotta. Finely composed seated mother with nursing child on her left leg and holding a food bowl with right arm; fully carved eyes, full nose, open mouth with teeth.

Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "New Acquisitions" at the Chrysler Museum, December 1980 - January 1981. Published ReferencesIllustrated in the Chrysler Museum Newsletter, 12/1980.