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THBJalisco Ameca Etzatlan Polychrome Seated Male Hunchback
Lot 35
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, much more. All items have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Ameca Etzatlan type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful example of a hand-built and highly burnished pottery hunchback figure displaying expert stylization and intricate detailing. The nude male squats with a forward-leaning posture and his hands touching the ground. His back is dramatically hunched with a bulging, rounded profile. The head is thrust forward with an attentive expression; wide coffee bean shaped eyes, an aquiline nose, and an open mouth revealing rows of teeth. His cupped ears are perforated and act as vent holes, and his head is topped with a simple cap. The body is colored with red-brown slip and traces of black, white, and beige pigments highlight his pupils and teeth. A fascinating rendering of a hunchback figure! Size: 3.5" L x 6.25" W x 6" H (8.9 cm x 15.9 cm x 15.2 cm)
Hunchback and dwarf individuals were apparently beloved by the Meso-American cultures - indeed, they heavily outnumber portrayals of women (and some have theorized that this relates to their relatively high social status in the society). The hunchbacks' physiognomic deformities were likely interpreted as signs that these individuals were especially chosen by the deities and possessed supernatural abilities. Some scholars attribute the hunched back in West Mexican shaft tomb culture to a particular form of tuberculosis.
Provenance: ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired prior to 2000
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#162041Professionally repaired. Left arm reattached with visible hairline break lines. Head reattached with resurfacing and overpainting across neck. Cracks and fissures across body. Nice burnishing marks and craquelure of glaze.Condition
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