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Collections

Seated Male Figure with Fringed Headdress200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a seated figure with crossed legs and hands clasped at the midsection, wearing a tall conical hat with incised geometric decoration and tassel earrings, in reddish-brown and charcoal-toned clay

Unknown, Seated Male Figure with Fringed Headdress, 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
Seated Male Figure with Fringed Headdress
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
19 x 11 x 9 in. (48.26 x 27.94 x 22.86 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.15
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.