Figure of an Emaciated Prisoner
Artist
Nayarit artist(s)
CultureNayarit
OriginNayarit, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative Period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumEarthenware with pigment
DimensionsOverall: 49.5 x 23 x 17.5 cm (19 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
DescriptionNayarit standing prisoner, Late Formative period, with staff across his back holding his arms, with open mouth, exaggerated rib-cage, and band over incised hair. The figure is painted in ochre, black and orange pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.44
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
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Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
650-750
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Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
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