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Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg)
Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg)
Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_threequarter_right_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_threequarter_right_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_left_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_left_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_right_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_right_PS9.jpg)

Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.186.2_view01.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.186.2_view01.jpg)

Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.186.2_view02.jpg)

Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.186.2_view02.jpg)

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Figurine of a Woman

Arts of the Americas

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
This text refers to these objects: 47.186.2; 47.186.1
CULTURE Nayarit
MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment
  • Place Made: Nayarit, Mexico
    • DATES 100 BCE – 200 CE
    PERIOD Pre-Spanish Period
    DIMENSIONS 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 47.186.2
    CREDIT LINE Frank L. Babbott Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1947, provenance not yet documented; by 1947, acquired by Charles L. Morley of New York, NY; November 12, 1947, purchased from Charles L. Morley by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Figurine of a seated woman singing. Her arms are bent with hands near her breasts, and she wears earrings, a nose ring, necklace, and white and red striped skirt. One of a pair (47.186.1-.2) Condition: good.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    CAPTION Nayarit. Figurine of a Woman, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2019
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    Nayarit. <em>Figurine of a Woman</em>, 100 BCE – 200 CE. Ceramic, pigment, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 14 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 47.186.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.186.2_overall_PS9.jpg)

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