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Figure of a Warrior

Figure of a Warrior

Artist Nayarit artist(s)

CultureNayarit

OriginNayarit, Mexico

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

Date300 BCE - 300 CE

MediumRed earthenware, white slip, red pigment, black pigment, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 15.9 x 10.1 cm (6 1/4 x 4 in.)

DescriptionChinesco-style figure of a warrior, Late Formative period, standing behind a large square shield held by his left hand, with a small weapon in the right. The figure is wearing a large avial-headed crested helmet, and painted in pink, white and black geometric decoration.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.50

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

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Status

Not on view

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