ID: 700000384 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000384	Record Type: Movable Work
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"Smiling" Figure (sculpture (visual works); unknown Remojadas; 7th-8th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1979.206.1211)

Note: This Smiling Figure from the Remojadas region of Veracruz is a hollow ceramic sculpture representing an individual celebrating with music and dance. This class of ceramic figural ritual participants is often found ritually smashed and decapitated. This bare-chested figure, with open mouth and filed teeth, stands energetically with legs spread and arms lifted as if caught in mid-motion. He wears a woven cap with geometric patterns, an elaborate skirt, circular earrings, a beaded necklace and a bracelet. His face and body contain painted patterns, evocative of body paint, including slight lines emanating from his lower eyelids and onto his cheeks. This sculpture evokes a festive dance or ritual accompanied by the rhythmic reverberation of the hand-held rattle and celebratory sound escaping from the figure's open mouth.

Titles:

"Smiling" Figure (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

ceramics (preferred)

Creation Date: 7th-8th century

Creator Display:

unknown Remojadas [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Mesoamerican (Mesoamerican cultural designation) [500203812]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1979.206.1211

Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

Other: Creation: Veracruz [7005599] Mexico (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: ceramic

	ceramic (material) [300235507]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>)

Dimensions: 47.5 x 29.9 x 15.9 cm (H. 18 11/16 x W. 11 3/4 x D. 6 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

Mesoamerican (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Remojadas [300378954] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Native American, Native Middle American, Native Southern Mexican styles)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

ceremonial objects (isness)

Specific Subjects:

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	dancing (activity) [300389779]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <public and interactive activities>) (AAT)

	smiling [300417502]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

Provenance: [Edward Merrin Gallery, New York, until 1969]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1969, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1969–1978

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
"Smiling" Figure	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 21 May 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 7 March 2018