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Drummer200 BCE–500 CE

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Ceramic sculpture of a seated figure leaning over a cylindrical drum, covered in mottled brick-red and dark brown slip, with modeled facial features and a flat headdress element

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
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
15 x 9 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (38.1 x 24.13 x 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.106a
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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