Description:

The Nayarit 'bed' figure on the right is being prepared to be lowered into a shaft tomb. Deceased, the nude female is strapped to a pallet. With open eyes she stares as if in a trance about to enter the afterworld. On the left, another West Mexican female figure, perhaps of the Colima culture, sits in a quasi-cross-legged position. Another shaft tomb offering, she wears her hair in a rodete with cotton strips woven into her plaited hair as well as pronounced ear ornaments. These were the types of figurines collected by Diego Rivera and other modern Mexican artists of the early 20th century. These modern master painters found the lack of elite symbolism in such figurines to be refreshing. Moreover, they reflected indigenismo - the popular nationalistic philosophy that valued native, indigenous cultural production over post-conquest eurocentrism. -- Pre-Columbian, Classic Figure and Nayarit 'Bed' Figure, C. 200BC - 200AD. Cute. Provenance: Ex New World Artifacts, San Diego. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. The starting price is the lowest price at which the lot can sell.

  • Condition: A few ancient chips to Bedded Figure, other figure head broken above eyes with lower arms missing. Mineral deposits present.

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