Figure of a Seated Male with a Cup

OriginColima, Mexico

PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)

Date300 BCE - 300 CE

MediumEarthenware, red slip, black slip, burnishing, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 38.5 x 21.3 cm (15 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

DescriptionColima seated male figure, Late Formative period, holding an oval bowl to his lips. The shaped hat has a circular aperture and shell pectoral. Painted with a black face and short jacket over a burnished red ware with black encrustations.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.37

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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