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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Malformed Baby
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Malformed Baby

Artist Unknown
CultureMexican | Olmec | Pre-Columbian
Date1150-800 B.C.
MediumClay
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.565
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105
DescriptionBuff clay with blackening on head and feet; Olmec face with preclassic headdress; no body; legs spring directly form the neck. A distorted body of a malformed baby, which is a very rare subject of preclassic sculpture.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Seated Female Figure With Legs Crossed
1000BC-300BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Standing Figure
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
Seated Pregnant Figure
200 BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Clay Figurine
1000BC-500BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Standing Female Figure
1000-300 BC
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Clay Head Fragment
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Standing Figure
-1000 - -500
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Standing Clay Female Figure
1000-300 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Seated Figure
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Seated Figure
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Seated Figure
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Standing Female Figure
1000-300 BC
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