Style D-2 Fertility Figure Holding Baby
CultureMexican, Tlatilco
Dateca. 1500 B.C.E.
MediumTerracotta with traces of cinnabar and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches (10.8 × 3.81 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker
Object number66-47/13
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L13
Collections
Exhibition HistoryPainted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 1, 2025-February 8, 2026.
Herbert (1924-2001) and Gwen Baker, Highland Park, IL, no. P7, by July 8, 1966 [1];
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1966.
NOTES:
[1] According to Herbert Baker, in a letter to Ralph T. Coe, Assistant Director, July 8, 1966, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files, this figure was excavated in 1941. This information has not been confirmed.
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