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Female Figure
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Female Figure

Artist/Maker (Ecuador)
Date3300-1500 BCE
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. (9.8 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bischoff
Terms
    Object number84.0241.06
    DescriptionThe production of votive figures, some with one hand on chin and the other over the vulva, was characteristic of female images of many native American groups, such as the Iroquois - for whom it was a charm against witchcraft, not a gesture of modesty. Valdivian examples were also depicted with androgynous characteristics, pregnant, seated on benches, and always with very well-defined hairstyles which oft-times resembled a phallus.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure
    Valdivia
    3300-1500 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure
    Valdivia
    3300-1500 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure
    Ibibio people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jar
    Calima
    300-1300
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Face Mask
    Lwalu people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Helmet Mask (Bo Nun Amuin)
    Baulé people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Nariño-Carchi
    400-1532
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Portrait of Ohedidee, a Young Man of Bolabola and Portrait of Otago, or Attago, a Chief at Amsterdam
    Artist Unknown
    1784-1786
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Portrait of a Bearded Roman (possibly Emperor Antoninus Pius)
    Artist Unknown
    mid 2nd century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Divination Head
    Bassa people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jug
    Chokwe people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure
    Jalisco
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
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