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Standing Male Figure200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Terracotta ceramic figure-vessel with a globular body, standing on bent legs, with incised lattice patterns and an open vessel mouth at the back

Unknown, Standing Male Figure, 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
Standing Male Figure
Place Made
Mexico, West Mexico, Pacific Coast, Colima, Colima-style
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
10 × 7 × 7 in. (25.4 × 17.78 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.116
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Curatorial Notes

This figure wears a canine headdress, cloth ear ornaments, and a crescent-shaped pectoral, and carries a rattle and a twisted staff, all distinctive regalia of a ritual performer.

2015

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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