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Object Number 66-46-20/23054
Display Title Remojadas figurine (Veracruz)
Descriptions
Object Description Remojadas ("laughing child") ceramic figurine, standing and holding a rattle. Front half is mold-made; garments (headdress, skirt, shirt) indicated by texturing and a coating of yellow-white slip or limewash. Back half hand-molded and featureless. Reconstructed. The hand-held rattle and the ear spools appear to be separate attachments cut-out, shaped and applied to the clay figure before firing. Applied white pigment is evident only on the frontal surfaces, concentrated on the skirt or kilt, the chest and neck, and on the headdress. The eyes, mouth, hands and feet were also painted with this white wash. A darker pigment, partially obscured by dirt, is evident as horizontal stripes (4) at the outer edges of the skirt. The clay figure is hollow with holes under the feet and at the top corners of the headdress.
Inventory Description Pottery, anthropomorphic standing moulded figurine carrying a rattle
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Remojadas
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Veracruz
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 29 x 11 cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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