Figure
46-21-1
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Tampico (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 46-21-1 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Huastec |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Tampico (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 900-1200 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Description | Large fragmentary figure of gray stone, apparently sandstone. Relatively thin with moderately high relief in front, low relief on back. Part below waist missing, also other breakage. Female; arms flexed with open hands held below breasts. Rectangular hat or forehead ornament with conical crown, typical of Huaxtec. Circular ear-ornaments. Probably a deity, unknown. Back flat with low relief know [?] and other ornamentation. |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Length | 60 cm |
| Width | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. William T. Plummer, 1946 |
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