Standing Female Figure
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 200 BCE–300 CE
MediumCeramic, with red and white slip paint
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 20 × 8 1/4 × 6 in. (50.8 × 21 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund
Object numberG.73.8.38
On View
On viewThis tomb figure depicts a woman with hands resting above her rounded abdomen, a gesture that calls attention to her pregnancy. She wears a fine necklace composed of strings of tiny tubular beads of a type that may have been carved from shells or cast in copper or gold. The black coloration on this sculpture (and the others in this case) is due to a natural aging process whereby the manganese in the clays from western Mexico precipitates to the outer surface of the sculpture.Published References"Recent Acquisitions," (exhibition catalogue) North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, no. 3 (March 1974), cat. no. 205, illus. (b-w) 77.
Eduardo C. Corral, “Standing Female Figure, circa 200 B.C.E. – 300 C.E., ceramic with red and white slip paint" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 62.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions," June 16-August 18, 1974, cat. no 205, illus. (b-w) 77.
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