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Colima Redware Jar - Hunchback Figure w/ Tump Line

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Colima Redware Jar - Hunchback Figure w/ Tump Line
Colima Redware Jar - Hunchback Figure w/ Tump Line
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel depicting a hunchbacked figure whose back consists of a large, spherical vessel held aloft by a tump line wrapped around the forehead. A segmented column along the verso represents the figure's spine as it protrudes out from the skin, and the entire vessel sits upright via a third 'leg' emanating from the underside. Size: 6.25" L x 6.5" W x 4.9" H (15.9 cm x 16.5 cm x 12.4 cm)

Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Lost World Artifacts, Acworth, Georgia, USA

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#181656
Condition
Repair to one leg, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and nicks commensurate with age, with light fading to pigment, and earthen deposits in scattered areas, otherwise in good condition. Nice preservation to overall form.
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Colima Redware Jar - Hunchback Figure w/ Tump Line

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Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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