Seated hunchback, ca. 300 BC - 200 AD · Mexico, Colima · ID: 3052455
Price
EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Boyd Stifler, Vanderwagen, New Mexico, USAZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 March 2011, lot 63
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
ceramic, handwritten collection no. “56.239”
Figures with physical deformities are known to have played an important role, socially and ritually, in Mesoamerican life. Hunchbacks and dwarves, for example, had a special position at court as jesters, musicians and dancers. In Maya mythology they were associated with the underworld.
The object Seated hunchback, ca. 300 BC - 200 AD with the object ID 3052455 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025, lot number 46 at that time and is currently available for EUR 800 in Open sale.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).