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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Female Figure
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Female Figure

Artist/Maker (Ecuador)
Date3300-1500 BCE
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (7.6 x 1.9 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bischoff
Terms
    Object number84.0241.07
    DescriptionThe production of votive figures, some with one hand on chin and the other over the vulva, was characteristic of female images of many native American groups, such as the Iroquois - for whom it was a charm against witchcraft, not a gesture of modesty. Valdivian examples were also depicted with androgynous characteristics, pregnant, seated on benches, and always with very well-defined hairstyles which oft-times resembled a phallus.
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    Valdivia
    3300-1500 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Valdivia
    3300-1500 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ibibio people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Calima
    300-1300
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lwalu people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Baulé people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nariño-Carchi
    400-1532
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bassa people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chokwe people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jalisco
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE