Seated hunchback ·  Mexico, Colima · ID: 3033110

Description

fired clay, red coating, remains of black paint, classic form: leaning forward with distended back, with hands to the ankles, a flanged spout atop his head, pierced ears, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
figures with physical deformities are known to have played an important role, socially and ritually, in Mesoamerican life. It is known that hunchbacks and dwarfs played an important role at the court. In Maya mythology they were associated with the underworld.

The object Seated hunchback with the object ID 3033110 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 81.

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Comparing literature

Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 186