Seated hunchback ·  Mexique, 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.

L’objet Seated hunchback avec l’ID d’objet 3033110 a fait partie de l’enchère 76th tribal art auction en 22 mars 2014 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 81.

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Littérature comparée

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