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Seated human effigy
Nayarit
Late Formative to Early Classic periods
300 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object Place: Nayarit, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: cream and black on red
Dimensions
10.8 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm (4 1/4 x 2 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1974.596
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFigurines
DescriptionIxtlan del Rio (?) style hollow figure representing a seated warrior holding in his left arm a baton-like object, perhaps a mace. His headdress is rendered as a single coil of clay, and he wears a double strand of beads around his neck. His facial features are painted and include black slip encircling his eyes and two vertical stripes of black slip down his cheeks.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Massachusetts, by 1974; to MFA, December 1974, anonymous gift.