Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming handmade pottery figure of a woman, shown sitting with a child resting on her bent knees. With both arms holding the baby, the mother figure stares forward through coffee-bean shaped eyes that flank a narrow, triangular nose. Her petite ovoid mouth is slightly open; perhaps she is gently hushing the crying child. The woman is depicted nude, save for an arched headdress, a pair of elaborate striped ear ornaments, and four bangles that adorn her wrists. The petite nude child, who greatly resembles the mother and also wears a headdress, lays in her lap, below her broad square shoulders, looking up at the caregiver with an open mouth, perhaps crying. Size: 2.75" W x 4.25" H (7 cm x 10.8 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#161403

  • Condition: Nose of both figures and hands of baby have been reattached. Light nicks and pitting, commensurate with age, as well as a few tiny deposits of manganese on larger figure's proper right shoulder. Otherwise, excellent with lovely earthen deposits in recessed areas.

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