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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Seated Effigy with Shell Necklace
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Seated Effigy with Shell Necklace

Maker West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
Date100-300
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumBurnished, red-slipped ceramic
Dimensions13 1/2 x 8 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 20.6 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.
Object number1991.18.5
On View
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DescriptionVessel in the form of a seated figure, with hands on the raised knees, single neck lappet, forehead projection, and red painted and burnished surface, vessel opening in top of headgear, legs flexed and drawn in, hunched back.
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100 BCE-100 CE
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
1-200
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Seated Dog Effigy Vessel
West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
100 BCE-100 CE
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100 BCE-100 CE
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
1-200
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West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
100 BCE-100 CE
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Mexico, Colima
300 - 100 B.C.
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Mexico, Nayarit or Jalisco, San Sebastian
200-1 BCE
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