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Seated Drummer200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Earthenware ceramic sculpture of a seated humanoid figure with a feathered headdress, raising a cup to its mouth, with one hand resting on an incised cylindrical drum; russet, ochre, and olive-gray mottled surface
Ceramic seated figure with red-orange slip, wearing an elaborate headdress and raising a small vessel to the mouth; lower body decorated with incised and painted diamond geometric patterns.
Title
Seated Drummer
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
unspecified (unspecified): 9 1/4 × 4 15/16 × 8 in. (23.5 × 12.5 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.109
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.