Female Figurine Head
Unidentified Valdivia maker
2100-1700 BCE
Brown terracotta
Overall: 2 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (5.5 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Norman and Ruth L. Simon, Class of 1936
984.64.26444
Geography
Place Made: Ecuador, South America
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
PHIL 23, Philosophy of Art, John Kulvicki, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 18, 2005-January 21, 2008.
Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 16.
Provenance
Ruth Lichtenberg Simon (1917-2010) and Dr. Norman Simon (1914-1985), Class of 1936, Scarsdale, New York; given to present collection, 1984.
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