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Musician Playing Gourd Drum200 BCE–400 CE

Not on view
Small ceramic sculpture of a seated figure leaning into a decorated rectangular slab, with red-brown burnished slip and cream painted geometric patterns
Ceramic figural vessel with reddish-brown burnished surface, depicting a seated human figure with one arm raised, a stirrup spout extending upward from the back; smooth modeled form with incised linear detailing on the head and body.
Ceramic figural sculpture of two seated figures facing each other in an embracing pose, rendered in red slip with painted geometric and spotted patterns on one figure's body; rounded, simplified forms with smooth surfaces and visible age wear.

Unknown, Musician Playing Gourd Drum, 200 BCE–400 CE (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Musician Playing Gourd Drum
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
200 BCE–400 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (13.97 x 6.35 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.5
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.
  • Von Winning, Hasso, and Alfred Stendahl. Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968.