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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 |
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>) |
ceramics (preferred) |
Creation Date: 7th-8th century |
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.) |
Mesoamerican (preferred) |
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) |
human figures (preferred) |
ceremonial objects (isness) |
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 | |
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