SKU: 180402-02

Pre-Columbian Jalisco Figure

$670.00

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ca.  200 BC - 200 AD

7.625" H x 6" L x 3.5" W

Hand Coiled Clay Pottery Figure with Arms, Legs, Facial Features and a Hat

In Very Good Condition with Typical Aged Wear

Pre-Columbian Jalisco figures are iconic ceramic sculptures from the ancient West Mexico shaft tomb tradition (roughly 300 BCE to 300–500 CE), primarily associated with the modern state of Jalisco and neighboring areas like Nayarit and Colima in western Mexico.

 

These hollow, hand-modeled terracotta figures were created without a potter's wheel and often placed as funerary offerings in deep shaft tombs (vertical shafts leading to underground chambers) used for elite burials. The tombs were cut into volcanic tuff, sometimes reaching 3–20 meters deep, and served multi-generational family burials with accompanying pottery, vessels, and figures.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Pre Columbian

Year Range: Prehistoric / Pre Columbian AD 400-1500

Region: Mexico - Central and South America

Dimensions: 7.63 in6 in3.5 in

Category: Pottery - Pre Columbian

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