Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 200 BCE to 250 CE. A male warrior redware pottery figure, seated on a two-legged stool and donning a traditional double-horned helmet incised with an intricate geometric pattern and barrel shaped armor incised with that same pattern, holding a large club with both hands across his chest. The figure's characteristically elongated and full-cheeked visage is detailed with slit eyes, a protruding straight nose with an exaggerated septum, half open slit mouth, and ears fitted with tripartite ear ornaments. A striking pottery figure from the ancient Nayarit culture of West Mexico. Size: 7.25" L x 6.5" W x 11.75" H (18.4 cm x 16.5 cm x 29.8 cm)

Provenance: Ex-W.S. collection, Los Angeles, CA

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Head reattached, hands/weapon reattached, right leg reattached, and tip of one 'horn' on helmet missing. Nevertheless all there and shows well.