Grouping of Three Female Figurines

Culture: Jalisco
Period: Late Formative period, c.300 BCE–300 CE
Date: c.300 BCE–300 CE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
made in: Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, sculpture
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 11 7/16 in. (21.5 x 29.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 323:1978

- 1965
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA

1965 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated February 4, 1965 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase; listed as "Jalisco Birth Group" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter from Morton D. May to James N. Wood dated September 19, 1978 records this donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.

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