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THBNayarit Pottery Warrior Figure
Lot 95a
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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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Jan 7, 2021
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An evocative and dramatic figure, a hollow-built pottery warrior/shaman seated with his legs bent before him. He wears a barrel-shaped cuirass and a double-horned helmet - a sign of shamanism according to current scholarship. Otherwise, he is nude, with his phallus clearly delineated. The figure's face is composed of coffee bean-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, large ears, and an open mouth - all topped by his broad brimmed, double-horned helmet. Size: 3.5" W x 8.75" H (8.9 cm x 22.2 cm)
Ceramic figures like this one are the only remains that we have today of a sophisticated and unique culture in West Mexico. They made no above-ground monuments or sculptures that we know of, which is in strong contrast to developments elsewhere in ancient Mesoamerica. Instead, their tombs were their lasting works of art: skeletons arrayed radially with their feet positioned inward, and clay offerings, like this one, placed alongside the walls facing inward, near the skulls. Some scholars have noted that these dynamic sculptures mediated between the living and the deceased.
Provenance: private Colgate, Wisconsin, USA collection acquired 1970s to 1990s; ex Jerry Novone collection
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#156831Repairs to helmet, nose, head at neckline, both hands, and both legs, with nearly invisible resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and fading to original pigmentation, with minor pitting in scattered areas, and light encrustations. Nice remains of original pigment and great root marks throughout.Condition
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