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Standing figure of a Maya woman
Standing figure of a Maya woman

Standing figure of a Maya woman

Dateca. 600-900
Maker Mexican
Maker Island of Jaina
Maker Yucatan
Maker Campeche
Maker Maya
Label TextJaina Island, located in the Yucatán Peninsula, on the Gulf coast, was a ceremonial center and burial site. Small, painted clay figurines were brought here as burial gifts. Often elaborately modeled, the Jaina figures provide important visual information about Maya ceremony, such as dance postures, ritual costume and regalia.
Object number48.160
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art of the Ancient Americas, July 10, 1999 - May 11, 2003 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Feasting with the Gods: Art and Ceremony in Ancient Mesoamerica and the Central Andes, December 11, 2003 - July 19, 2004
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions7 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. (18.42 x 8.89 x 5.08 cm)
MediumCeramic
Standing male with hands to chest
Standing male with hands to chest
Mexican
500 B.C. - 1
Object number: 54.24
Image Not Available for Standing female with bulbous legs and long hair
Standing female with bulbous legs and long hair
Mexican
700-200 B.C.
Object number: 63.141
Image Not Available for Standing female with bulbous legs
Standing female with bulbous legs
Mexican
ca. 700-200 B.C.
Object number: 48.205
Image Not Available for Hunched woman
Hunched woman
Mexican
300 B.C.-300
Object number: 60.51
Image Not Available for Old woman preparing food
Old woman preparing food
Mexican
Object number: 52.94
Image Not Available for Standing figure
Standing figure
Mexican
300 B.C.-A.D. 300
Object number: 64.40
Seated figure holding round object to mouth
Seated figure holding round object to mouth
Mexican
500 B.C. - 1 A.D.
Object number: 54.23
Image Not Available for Two figures
Two figures
Mexican
1200 B.C. - 200 A.D.
Object number: 48.242
Image Not Available for "Gingerbread" figure
"Gingerbread" figure
Mexican
Object number: 52.92
Figure
Figure
Mexican
Object number: 81.17.1959
Seated figure with conch shell
Seated figure with conch shell
Mexican
ca. 300 B.C. - A.D. 400
Object number: 64.103
Figure of a man dancing
Figure of a man dancing
Mexican
ca. 400 - 650
Object number: 65.25