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Seated figure with conch shell
Seated figure with conch shell

Seated figure with conch shell

Dateca. 300 B.C. - A.D. 400
Label TextClay figurines of performers were lively accompaniments for the deceased. This musician prepares to play the conch trumpet.
Object number64.103
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Arte Prehispanico, 1970. Honlulu, Hawaii, Honolulu International Center, Flora Pacifica Exhibition, 1970. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Feasting with the Gods: Art and Ceremony in Ancient Mesoamerica and the Central Andes, Dec. 11, 2003 - July 19, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art, Nov. 10, 2018 - ongoing.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions14 1/4 x 12 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.2 x 31.31 x 24.45 cm)
MediumCeramic
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mexican
ca. 600 - 800
Object number: 81.17.1376
Seated figure holding round object to mouth
Mexican
500 B.C. - 1 A.D.
Object number: 54.23
Seated couple
Mexican
200 B.C. - 300 A.D.
Object number: 76.300
Seated female figure
Mexican
Object number: 81.17.1374
Eight Buddhist precious things, conch shell
Chinese
17th century
Object number: 33.124.3
Figure of a man
Mexican
ca. 200 B.C.-200 A.D.
Object number: 70.6
Figure
Mexican
Object number: 81.17.1959
Photo: Susan Dirk
Mexican
ca. 600 - 900
Object number: 81.108