Female Figurine

Unidentified Chancay maker

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about 1200-1450

Mold-made terracotta

Overall: 5 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 8 × 3.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937

56.12.13581

Geography

Place Made: Central Coast Peru, Peru, South America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 5, Reconstructing the Past: Introduction to Archaeology, Alan Covey, Spring 2012

ANTH 5, Reconstructing the Past: Introduction to Archaeology, Alan Covey, Spring 2013

ANTH 5, Reconstructing the Past: Introduction to Archaeology, Alan Covey, Spring 2013

ANTH 5, Introduction to Archaeology, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

ANTH 5, Introduction to Archaeology, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

Provenance

Acquired in Peru by Richard John MacCornack (1914-1998), Boulder, Colorado, about 1938; given to present collection, 1956.

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