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Conch Shell Trumpet Player200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Small hand-built ceramic figure, unglazed tan and gray-brown clay, standing with legs apart and arms raised to hold a large cylindrical object across the chest and face
Small terracotta figure of a standing human form with legs apart, arms raised holding a smaller figure against the chest; reddish-brown clay with dark weathering and rough, unsmoothed surface.
Title
Conch Shell Trumpet Player
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Buff ceramic with postfire applied paint
Dimensions
4 × 2 1/2 × 2 in. (10.16 × 6.35 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.147n
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Kan, Michael, Meighan, Clement, Nicholson, H.B. and Rexford Stead. Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.