Seated Figure
Artist
Colima artist(s)
CultureColima
OriginColima, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumEarthenware with slip and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 28.2 x 15.5 x 8.9 cm (11 1/8 x 6 1/8 in., 8.9 cm)
DescriptionColima seated figure, Late Formative period, with peyote in his mouth and the eyes are incised. The right hand is held to his left shoulder, and the left hand to the knee. The right leg is raised, and the figure is wearing a head-band over striated coiffure. It is painted a brownish-orange pigment, and the head is in ochre.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.35
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
April or May 1738
Object number: G83.1.910
