Miniature Colima Stone Seated Hunchback Figure
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Pre-Colombian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A miniature, carved white stone seated figure with a rounded hunchback, hands clasped on his lap, and minimalist incised facial details and checkerboard patterned coiffure. Hunchbacks make frequent appearances in the art of the shaft tomb cultures of West Mexico. According to scholars, they were regarded as powerful, shamanic figures, their physical deformities signs that they had been touched by the deities. An endearing figurative work from this ancient West Mexican shaft tomb culture. Size: .625" W x 1.5" H (1.6 cm x 3.8 cm)
Provenance: private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado USA, acquired thirty years ago
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Pre-Colombian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A miniature, carved white stone seated figure with a rounded hunchback, hands clasped on his lap, and minimalist incised facial details and checkerboard patterned coiffure. Hunchbacks make frequent appearances in the art of the shaft tomb cultures of West Mexico. According to scholars, they were regarded as powerful, shamanic figures, their physical deformities signs that they had been touched by the deities. An endearing figurative work from this ancient West Mexican shaft tomb culture. Size: .625" W x 1.5" H (1.6 cm x 3.8 cm)
Provenance: private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado USA, acquired thirty years ago
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#122055
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Intact and excellent. Nice lustrous patina.
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Miniature Colima Stone Seated Hunchback Figure
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