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ca. 200 BC - 200 AD
11" H x 8" L x 7" W
Hand Coiled Clay Figure in a Sitting Position, Facial Features and Earrings
In Good Condition with a Missing Arm and 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:
Good
Tribe:
Pre Columbian
Year Range:
Prehistoric / Pre Columbian AD 400-1500
Region:
Mexico - Central and South America
Dimensions:
11 in8 in7 in
Category:
Pottery - Pre Columbian
