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Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Seated Man - PF.2255
Origin: Jalisco, Mexico
Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD
Dimensions: 13.75" (34.9cm) high x 7" (17.8cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Ameca-Ezatlán
Medium: Terracotta


Location: United States
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This powerful figure is covered in a pale white slip, which lends him an eerie ghost-like quality. Naked save for his headband, he nonetheless conveys a great nobility of character. The two flower buds attached to his headband link him with the ancient peyote cult. He is very likely depicted in a dream-induced state associated with the rituals of death. If only his open mouth could speak, what tales he might tell of a strange and exotic world! Surely the place in which he now finds himself is more fantastic than any magic dream. - (PF.2255)
 

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