DS.1990.205 Untitled (Figure) (Mexico, West Mexico, Chupicuaro style)

The preclassic cultures of West Mexico occupied the modern states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima, where artisans produced a variety of ceramic figures in distinctive regional styles. This ceramic female figure is from Late Preclassic (Late Formative) Mexico and represents the Chupicuaro style. The figure’s breasts are indicated, and she wears earspools, a necklace, and hair ornamentation among her elaborate hairstyle, signifying she is likely of elite status. The female figure, a favorite theme for Mesoamerica’s earliest ceramic artists, probably alluded to hopes for human and agricultural fertility.

Gallery text [West Mexico], A. H. Meadows Galleries.

Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Chupicuaro (West Coast Mesoamerican styles): DMA

West Coast Mesoamerican styles: AAT: 300017196

Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560

Chupícuaro (inhabited place): TGN: 7354807

ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507

paint (coating): AAT: 300015029

slip (clay): AAT: 300010459

slip glaze: AAT: 300015110

clay: AAT: 300010439

resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882

glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914

incising: AAT: 300053847

modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130

coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903

slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905

relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Formative Period (Preclassic): AAT: 300016973

Preclassic (Archaic / Formative / Mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016967

Late Preclassic Period (Formative): AAT: 300016976

sculpture: AAT: 300047090

figurine: AAT: 300047455

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

human figures: AAT: 300404114

standing: AAT: 300239500

female: AAT: 300189557

women (female humans): AAT: 300025943

nude: AAT: 300189568

hairstyles: AAT: 300262903

hair ornaments: AAT: 300209287

necklaces: AAT: 300046001

ear ornaments: AAT: 300211279

social status: AAT: 300065206

nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942

circular (shape): AAT: 300263827

round (shape): AAT: 300121969

legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192

hips (animal or human components): AAT: 300310191

fertility: AAT: 300379149

agriculture (sciences): AAT: 300054463

From 1990: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Dozier Foundation [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition List (dated April 02, 1996, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated June 13, 1996, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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