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Mezcala-style seated figure

400 BC–A.D 300
Object PlaceGuerrero, Mexico
Medium/TechniqueBlack diorite
Dimensions7.3 x 4.3 x 4.7 cm (2 7/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay
Accession number1974.601
On View
On view
ClassificationsFigurines
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1974, sold by Teochita, Inc., New York, to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1974, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1975)
Human effigy figure
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Abstract human effigy
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Warrior effigy
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
Seated human effigy
300 B.C.–A.D. 200
Human effigy
A.D. 400–700
Standing female effigy
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Human effigy head
1200–400 B.C.
Human effigy head
500–200 B.C.