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Five Jalisco and Nayarit Small Figures

Five Jalisco and Nayarit Small Figures
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  • Country: Mexico
  • Source: Ex collection of Emmanuel Kramer, acquired 1960s; exhibited Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Dec 1966–Mar 1967
  • Size (cm): 22
  • Material: Terracotta

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco and Nayarit, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. Five small terracotta figures from shaft tombs, including seated and standing figures with headdresses and traces of red slip.

Shaft tombs in Western Mexico held whole families over generations, and the figures placed with them show daily life, rituals, warriors and musicians. Ex collection of Emmanuel Kramer, acquired 1960s; exhibited at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, December 1966 to March 1967.