Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, San Juanito, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A standing female figure, nude except for a headband, long feather-like earrings, applied shoulder pellets, double armbands, and a plethora of black abstract geometric tattoos meticulously painted against a cream ground with areas of red-brown slip as well. Some collectors have interpreted the shoulder pellets as scarification marks; however, recent scholarship argues that the epaulet style more likely represented shell ornaments. Figures of this type with an elongated somewhat tubular head and slit eyes have been attributed to cemeteries in the region of San Juanito, municipio of Antonio Escobedo, approximately fifty miles west of Guadalajara (Jose Parres Arias, "Nuevas adquisiciones del Museo de Arqueologia." Eco 12, 1962.) A fabulous example from the ancients of Jalisco. Size: 7.75" W x 14.25" H (19.7 cm x 36.2 cm)

Provenance: Ex - private LA County collection acquired before 1990

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  • Condition: Nicks to toes and right hand and earring repaired. Else excellent with

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