Figure of a Seated Hunchback
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureNayarit
OriginNayarit, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative Period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumRed earthenware, red slip, ochre pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 26.8 x 24 x 23 cm (10 9/16 x 9 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
DescriptionNayarit seated hunchback figure, Late Formative period, with legs crossed, chin resting on hands in pensive position. Figure has striated coiffure with central raised and notched braid, and wearing ear and arm ornamentation. The figure is painted in reddish-orange pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.46
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On viewArtist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-500
Object number: G83.1.160
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2