Figurine fragment

900-1512
Unknown Artist (Toltec?)

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	2 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 in. (6.99 x 6.03 x 2.54 cm)
Medium	Earthenware
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of Norma Berger, 1955.1.111a
Accession Number	1955.1.111.a

See 1951.2.100 for a similar figurine. Another figurine of this style was excavated at Jonuta in Tabasco near the Usumacinta River (Álvarez, Carlos, and L. Casasola, 1985, Las Figurillas de Jonuta, Tabasco, Editorial Libros de México, México, D.F., lámina 29b). The site is located on a major trade route that lasted from Pre-Classic through Post-Classic times, and ceramics imported from both Central Mexico and the Gulf Coast region are found at the site. However, given that Hartley lived and traveled in Central Mexico, it is likely this figurine was found/acquired in this region.