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Colima Vessel in the Form of a Seated Man - PF.2914
Origin: Western Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
10" (25.4cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Colima
Medium: Terracotta
$9,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This bold, seated male figure is a funerary vessel
from pre-classic Colima, Mexico. The vessel
came from a shaft tomb, a predominant cultural
trait of pre-classic West Mexico. The vessel is a
clay figure, which has been red-slipped,
burnished, and then fired. Such polished surface
of the fired, hollow clay shows that much
advanced firing skill was used to make this
vessel figure. The details of the figure are
represented by the incision marks. The hair,
decorations on the headdress, and the marks
around the neck are all rendered with incisions.
The protruding face and bold, round eyes show
that the figure was an active position. He wears
a helmet with a horn, which suggests that he was
a shaman involved in rituals. The clay figure also
shows unusual features such as hollow left hand
and right hand holding a small object. Such
elements add mystical quality to the already
magical shaman figure. Rituals and funerary
practices being important elements in life, this
pre-classic male shaman figure had an essential
role in pre-classic Colima.
- (PF.2914)
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