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Drummer200 BCE–500 CE

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Terracotta ceramic sculpture of a crouching human-animal hybrid figure seated atop a rounded vessel with three small feet, burnished brick-red surface with dark mottling

Unknown, Drummer, 200 BCE–500 CE, 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
Drummer
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished and slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
9 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 4 15/16 in. (23 × 10 × 12.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.25
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.

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