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Collections

Man Afflicted with Sores200 BCE–400 CE

Not on view
Ceramic pre-Columbian figure of a crouching human-animal hybrid covered in raised rosette-shaped spots, with coiled spiral ornaments framing a broad, fanged face
Ceramic seated figure with red-orange slip, covered in circular perforated appliqués across the face, head, and torso; coiled ornaments at the ears; painted geometric decoration on a loincloth.
Title
Man Afflicted with Sores
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
200 BCE–400 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware with postfire pigment
Dimensions
11 × 10 × 5 1/2 in. (27.94 × 25.4 × 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.24
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.