New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Female Figure Preparing Food

Artist Unknown

CultureMexican | Pre-Columbian

Date100 BC-200 AD

MediumTerracotta | Polychrome

DimensionsOverall: 10 x 4 1/2 in. (25.4 x 11.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Edwin Pearlman in Memory of Mrs. Dora Pearlman

Object number80.182.6

Not on view

DescriptionSeated emaciated female figure grinding corn in bowl of red slip with pigments; terracotta. Folded legs, arms resting on knee, bent torso; has torso, headdress, ear decoration, nose ring, armbands, painted face and body decoration. Some arm fissures.

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