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Identifier: TP.2022.J.17
title: Figurine of an Old Woman and Infant
Type: figurines
name: Unknown
producer: modelers
has culture: Maya (culture or style)
date created: ca. 600–800 CE
has style period: Late Classic
location of: Isla Jaina; Yucatan; Campeche; México
has technique: molding (forming); sculpting
material: earthenware See all items with this value; Maya blue (pigment) See all items with this value
area: 4.4 x 2.9 x 3.1 in (11.3 x 7.4 x 8 cm)
description: "Elderly women in Mesoamerica frequently served as midwives and cared for young children. This woman’s expression is kind, and her gentle touch of the child is nurturing. The child exhibits the elongated head, produced by binding the soft skulls of infants, that was considered beautiful among the Maya. The figures may be portraits of specific individuals, generalized portrayals of social roles, or mythical figures. Chak Chel is the Maya goddess of various women's activities, including midwifery, childbirth, and weaving; the baby might be the young Maize God, who is consistently rendered as an idealized, beautiful human, or he may be a young prince."

—Princeton University Art Museum
Subject: ceramic ware (visual works) See all items with this value; Females See all items with this value; Older people See all items with this value; Infants See all items with this value; Nobility See all items with this value; Maya mythology See all items with this value
Rights: See all items with this value
Access Rights: Gift of Gillett G. Griffin, Princeton University Art Museum.
Source: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/41759

Item sets: Mayan Figures

Media: TP-2022-J-17

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