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THBNayarit Pottery Men & Ritualistic Palo Volador Dance
Lot 115
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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 classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An intriguing hand-built pottery sculpture displaying a group of men preforming a ritualistic dance with a tall pole. The seven men sit in a ring on a round base surrounding the pole with a figure mounted on the top. The figures are stylized with applied headdresses, protruding noses, and simple bodies with arms crossed in front or leaning on their neighbor's shoulder or leg, and one man holds an implement, perhaps a rattle. Traces of white, black, and red pigments remain on most of the figures, indicating the scene was brightly painted at one time. Versions of this dance was performed by many Meso-American cultures, all stemming from a story of five chaste men creating a pole made from the tallest tree to dance, climb, and jump or fly from, like birds, to ensure rain to relieve a devastating drought. This fertility ritual is known as Palo Volador (Danza de los Voladores), and still performed with some modern modifications and safety measures. Size: 4.75" W x 6.5" H (12.1 cm x 16.5 cm)
Provenance: private Corpus Christi, Texas, USA estate collection, acquired 1960s to 1970s
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#165377Repaired with dancer's head reattached with visible break line on neck. Surface abrasions and chips to high pointed areas. Traces of painted pigments and light mineral deposits.Condition
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