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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)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.
Object number1991.18.5
Collections
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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Drinking Seated Male Effigy
West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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Standing Dog Effigy Vessel
West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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Seated Hunchback Effigy Vessel
West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100 BCE-100 CE
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Squash Effigy Bowl with Tripod Parrots
West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100-300
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Seated man with mace and bowl
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
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Pair of figures
West Mexican culture, Mexico, Colima, Comala
100 BCE-100 CE
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Standing Male Ballplayer Figure
West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
1-200
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Seated Hunchback Mourner with Olla on Back
West Mexican culture, Mexico, North Central Jalisco, Ameca
100 BCE-100 CE
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Female figure seated on a stool
Mexico, Colima
300 - 100 B.C.
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Seated Emaciated Drummer Figure
Mexico, Nayarit or Jalisco, San Sebastian
200-1 BCE
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Moche culture
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