Figure of a Woman in Ceremonial Dress
INV-1103Nōpiloalate classicclassicmesoamericanearthenwareceramics
Date
700–900
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
H.: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Harold L. Stuart Fund
In the afterlife, it was the role of deceased noble ancestors to communicate with the deified forces of nature on behalf of their people. Presented as offerings at ancestral shrines, mold-made figures of this kind were sometimes reshaped while the clay was still moist to give them more individualized facial features.
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