Kneeling female figure ·  Mexico, West, Jalisco, Ameca Style · ID: 3038597

Description

fired clay, red, beige brown and black paint, hollow pottery figure with typical Jalisco features: elongated face with long pointed nose, crested headdress with crossed bands, pellets on the shoulders, which have been interpreted as ritual scars, but may very well be a kind of ornament (beads), striking short spread arms, vent-hole at the back of the head

The object Kneeling female figure with the object ID 3038597 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 99 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, ill. 212