Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-modeled, polychrome female kneeling figure painted in red, cream, and black hues with a characteristically elongated head presenting an expressive visage comprised of coffee bean shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and a slightly parted slit mouth. She is adorned with a painted creamy beige headband, a red nose ring, red bracelets, and red and black ear ornaments. Her body is exaggeratedly wide with attenuated arms, small nubbin breasts, and delineated female genitalia. Her upper body is covered with a black striated shirt or tattoos and the lower body with a red banded, black cross-hatched garment or tattoos. There are nice areas of manganese deposits on the surface as well. A lovely example from this shaft tomb culture. Size: 4.625" W x 6" H (11.7 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: private collection of the late Peter Arnovick, San Francisco, California, USA

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Expected surface wear commensurate with age. Liberal manganese deposits.