Lot 69A
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming figure of a seated drummer, made from pottery with sevearl applied pottery details. The eyes, nose ring, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces are all applied onto the body, which is of simple form, with rounded arms placed to give the appearance of dynamic drumming. The figure wears a huge, elaborate headdress with a crest on the back and a projecting rounded disc covered in bosses in its center and around its edges. His attire would have signalled his identity and social role to the people he was made for, but to us, he is a figure of mystery. Size: 3.05" L x 3.7" W x 5.25" H (7.7 cm x 9.4 cm x 13.3 cm)
Colima, located on Mexico's southwestern coast, was during this time part of the shaft tomb culture, along with neighbors to the north in Jalisco and Nayarit. In this culture, the dead were buried down shafts - 3 to 20 meters deep - that were dug vertically or near vertically through the volcanic tuff that makes up the geology of the region. The base of the shaft would open into one or more horizontal chambers with a low ceiling. These shafts were almost always dug beneath a dwelling, probably a family home, and seem to have been used as family mausoleums, housing the remains of many related individuals. This is a figure made to be placed inside those mausoleums, perhaps to mediate between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection; ex private Nevada, USA collection; ex Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, 1950s-60s, collection # V29
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- Condition: Hands have been repaired at the drum. Very nice remaining pigment and
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