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THBNayarit Polychrome Barrel Armor Warrior w/ Club
Lot 227a
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Mar 7, 2019
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2019-03-07 10:00:00
2019-03-07 10:00:00
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Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An interesting hand-built pottery figure of a warrior resting atop a pair of conical legs and a third 'leg' behind his posterior. The figure boasts an ovoid torso surrounded by wide-rimmed barrel-shaped cuirass, pointed shoulders decorated with cream-hued concentric circles, a thick neck boasting a painted bead necklace, and an elongated club held in both hands. The head boasts slit-form eyes flanking a prominent nose, a thin mouth, tab-shaped ears, and intricate red-and-black linear and stippled motifs across the face, all beneath a forked helmet with red and white vertical stripes. A striking example of ancient shaft-tomb pottery! Size: 5.6" W x 10.375" H (14.2 cm x 26.4 cm).
This figure stood guard in a shaft tomb, most likely placed so that it was facing outward around the perimeter of the tomb. Some scholars have theorized that this symbolically depicted a continuum between the worlds of the living and the dead. A brawny, militant protector with serious attitude from the ancients of West Mexico.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in 1971; ex-Clifford Baker collection, San Diego, California, USA, acquired in the 1960s
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#144384Professionally repaired from multiple large pieces with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to head, body, and legs, with fading to areas of original pigmentation in some areas, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Light earthen deposits and nice manganese blooms throughout.Condition
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