Kneeling female figure ·  Mexico, West, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio · ID: 3038604

Description

fired clay, painted with stripes in dark red and cremewhite patterns, remains of black paint, elongated head with cranial deformation, ear ornament, large opening in the head, mineral deposits;
the Nayarit sculptor used slip paint to render details of clothing decoration that must have been typical of the now-lost textile traditions of ancient West Mexico.

The object Kneeling female figure with the object ID 3038604 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 110.

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Comparing literature

Reents-Budet, Dorie, Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas, London 2012, p. 70