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Miniature figure of mother and child,
A.D. 1000–1400

Ica

Late Intermediate

2019-255

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Title

Miniature figure of mother and child

Dates

A.D. 1000–1400

Medium

Ceramic with black slip-paint

Dimensions

4.8 × 3.2 × 3.6 cm (1 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Gillett G. Griffin Art of the Ancient Americas Fund

Object Number

2019-255

Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture

Ica

Period

Late Intermediate period

Type

figurines, ceramics

Materials

slip, ceramics

Subject

figures (representations), children (people by age group), mothers

Small figure with child

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Ica, Late Intermediate, A.D. 1000–1400, South coast, Peru, Andes, Miniature figure of mother and child. Ceramic with black slip-paint; 4.8 × 3.2 × 3.6 cm. Museum purchase, Gillett G. Griffin Art of the Ancient Americas Fund (2019-255) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/135697

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