Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, San Juanito, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A seated female figure holding her hands upward in an orant-like gesture, nude except for an elaborate red headdress comprised of a spiraled coil with a floral ornament adorning the front, multiple red earrings, a painted red triple-strand beaded necklace (possibly representing body paint) that seems to extend to her red belt, and applied painted red double armbands. Her almost tubular, oversized head is further adorned with vertical black and white stripes. Overall, the piece is painted white with wonderful red and black details. Figures of this type with an elongated somewhat tubular head and slitted coffee bean shaped 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 with liberal manganese deposits. Size: 5.25" W x 10.25" H (13.3 cm x 26 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Florida, USA collection

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  • Condition: Headdress repaired with some loss. Expected surface wear, though much pigment remains. Nice manganese deposits grace the surface.

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