Figure of a Woman in Ceremonial Dress

1. Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, PA, by 1959 [Carnegie Institution, exh. cat., 1959; on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981–1988]; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 208, Nov. 21, 1988, to Claudia Giangola and John Menser, Ancient Art of the New World, New York [Invoice, Jan. 17, 1989, and incoming permanent receipt RX17525, Dec. 2, 1988, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Pittsburg, PA, Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, <em>Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations, Collection of Jay C. Leff</em>, Oct. 15, 1959–Jan. 3, 1960, cat. 502.
• New York, Brooklyn Museum, <em>Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff</em>, Nov. 22, 1966–Mar. 5, 1969, cat. 373.
• Allentown, PA, Allentown Museum of Art, <em>Pre–Columbian Art of Mesoamerica from the Collection of Jay C. Leff</em>, Feb. 13–Apr. 2, 1972, cat. 76.
• Huntington, West Virginia, Huntington Galleries, <em>Ancient Art of Middle America, Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection</em>, Feb. 17–June 9, 1974, cat. 77.

• <em>Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff</em>, exh. cat. (Pittsburg, PA: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1959), cat. no. 502 (not ill.).
• Elizabeth Kennedy Easby, <em>Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff</em>, exh. cat. (Brooklyn Museum, 1966), 81, no. 373 (ill.).
• <em>Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica from the Collection of Jay C. Leff</em>, exh. cat. (Allentown, PA: Allentown Museum of Art, 1972), no. 76 (not ill.).
• Katheryn M. Linduff, <em>Ancient Art of Middle America, Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection</em>, exh. cat (Huntington, WV: Huntington Galleries, 1974), no. 77.
• Richard Townsend, “Curator’s Choice” <em>Behind the Lions: Spotlight<em/> (Apr./May 1989), 3–4.
• Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 223, cat. 195 (ill.).

Ballplayer Figurine

Art Institute of Chicago

Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment of a Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure Carried in a Litter

Art Institute of Chicago

Dancing Figure Wearing Animal Headdress and Ornate Costume

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Figurine

Art Institute of Chicago

Ballplayer Figurine

Art Institute of Chicago

Tripod Polychrome Bowl Depicting a Serpent with Feathers

Art Institute of Chicago

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