Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Groups of figurines were sometimes arranged in scenes and likely used in household rituals.

Description

The Chupícuaro culture, located north of Mexico City in the state of Guanajuato, created a distinctive ceramic tradition including small clay figurines. This example is said to belong to a group of ten figurines from the same burial or cache (1990.145–154). The group includes both males and females that can be sorted into couples based on size.

Provenance

?-1966

Benedict Crowell, Jr., Oaxaca, MX, 1966, given to James C. and Florence C. Gruener

1966-1990

James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1990-

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Citations

Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75. Referenced: cat. no. 21, p. 268, Reproduced: fig. 21, p. 243 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Male Figurine

Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupicuaro

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