Seated Female Figure

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Date

800–400 BCE

Medium

Ceramic and pigment with cinnabar

Dimensions

H.: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Bernard Sperling

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Mask

Olmec Veracruz or Tabasco, Gulf Coast, Mexico