Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large-scale, bichrome pottery Jalisco standing warrior figure, gripping an intimidating club with both hands (and nicely modeled fingers), holding it across his chest. This fierce warrior is dressed for battle, wearing a horned helmet and barrel shaped armor (perhaps a form that inspired the term 'barrel chested'), and addressing the viewer with a no-nonsense, "take no prisoners" attitude. His determined visage is finely delineated with coffee bean-shaped bulging eyes, a long protruding nose, an open mouth, and ears adorned with shell ornaments. Other intriguing details include his beautiful, slip decorated armor with painted stripes, very large feet, and an applied loin cloth. Nice manganese deposits as well. Size: 5.375" L x 5.125" W x 11.125" H (13.7 cm x 13 cm x 28.3 cm)

This figure stood guard in a shaft tomb, most likely placed so that it was facing outward around the perimeter of the tomb. Some scholars have theorized that this symbolically depicted a continuum between the worlds of the living and the dead. A brawny, militant protector with serious attitude from the ancients of West Mexico.

Provenance: ex-J. Smith Collection, Roswell, Georgia, USA

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Right leg repaired with radiating fissures. Liberal manganese deposits.