Seated Figure with Arms Raised to Head Item Number: 75.40 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Chubby figure seated with legs tucked under the body and arms raised with hands touching head. Traces of cinnabar found all over figure. The figure wears a helmet-like headdress with a chevron band running down the center, and there are two raised rectangular relief decorations on the figure's back. There are circular openings (losses?) under the figure, each arm, stomach, and at the back of the head. Condition: Good; U.V. light reveals repairs to the stomach, right shoulder, left leg, left arm, pelvic area and back, and the back of head.
Credit Line
Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund
Item History
- Made between 1201 BCE and 301 BCE
What
- Name
- Seated Figure with Arms Raised to Head
- Identification Number
- 75.40
- Type of Item
- seated, figure, head and arm
- Material
- ceramic, white-slipped and red pigment
- Overall
- length 12.0 in, width 8.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Olmec
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1201 BCE and 301 BCE
Other
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Sculpture