Female Figurine

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Female Figurine

Entry/Object ID

A-416

Description

Figurine of a seated female figure with hair in two braids on either side of her head, with a single double rowed braid coming down the center of her head. She sits cross-legged and is nude. Has one piece of fishing wire tied around her waist.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Acquisition

Accession

02.05.02

Source or Donor

Fern McCoard

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mesoamerican

Culture/Tribe

West Mexico

Notes

Possibly from Jalisco or Tlalilco

Dimensions

Height

16 cm

Width

10 cm

Depth

10 cm

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Portion of the braid is missing on her right side of her head. There is a small white piece of unknown substance stuck to the left inner thigh, near her left hand.

General Notes

Note

Was once apart of the Prehistoric Culture of the Americas exhibit, 2004.