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Festival in a Village Plaza200 BCE – 500 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Pacific Connections in the Ancient Americas
Ceramic sculptural group with dozens of small figures crowded around a central raised platform, flanked by conical and tiered architectural forms, with traces of red and green pigment
Ceramic figural group with traces of red and cream slip, depicting numerous small modeled human figures crowded around a central raised platform, flanked by three miniature stepped-roof structures at left, right, and top center.
Ceramic sculptural group with earthen tones, depicting numerous small molded figures gathered around a central raised platform, flanked by three painted architectural structures with geometric red and black decoration; traces of cream and red pigment on figures.
Ceramic sculptural group with earthen tones and traces of red pigment, depicting numerous small human figures arranged in a circular scene around a raised central platform, flanked by three architectural structures with distinctive peaked roofs.
Title
Festival in a Village Plaza
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
200 BCE – 500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
7 × 15 in. (17.78 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sweeney Family
Accession Number
M.2022.226.1
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.