Olmec. Seated Figure with Arms Raised to Head, 1200–300 B.C.E. Ceramic, white-slipped, red pigment, 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 75.40. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.75.40_view1.jpg)
Olmec. Seated Figure with Arms Raised to Head, 1200–300 B.C.E. Ceramic, white-slipped, red pigment, 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 75.40. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.75.40_view2.jpg)
Seated Figure with Arms Raised to Head
Arts of the Americas
CULTURE
Olmec
MEDIUM
Ceramic, white-slipped, red pigment
DATES
1200–300 B.C.E.
PERIOD
Early Formative Period
DIMENSIONS
12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
75.40
CREDIT LINE
Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Chubby figure seated with legs tucked under the body and arms raised with hands touching head. Traces of cinnabar found all over figure. The figure wears a helmet-like headdress with a chevron band running down the center, and there are two raised rectangular relief decorations on the figure's back. There are circular openings (losses?) under the figure, each arm, stomach, and at the back of the head.
Condition: Good; U.V. light reveals repairs to the stomach, right shoulder, left leg, left arm, pelvic area and back, and the back of head.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Olmec. Seated Figure with Arms Raised to Head, 1200–300 B.C.E. Ceramic, white-slipped, red pigment, 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 75.40. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.75.40_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
front, CUR.75.40_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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