Female Figure
Unknown artist
Date: late 3rd millennium BCE
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 × W. 1 × D. 1 in. (9.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture
Country: Ecuador
Culture: Valdivia
Themes: Female Nudes
Gift of Timothy, Peter, and Jonathan Zorach, 1980
Met highlightDate range
-3000 – -2000
Largest dimension
2.5 cm
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