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PRE COLUMBIAN FIGURINE FROM ZACATECAS BORDER, MEXICO
This subject is a genuine authentic Pre-Columbian artifact from Mesoamerica.
It dates from the early Classic period (about A.D. 200).
Provenance from el Cerro Encantado, near Teocaltiche region of northeastern Jalisco,
near the Zacatecas border of Mexico.
Characteristics:
Polychrome, polished surface, well fired, head open on the top.
Eyes and mouth are oval perforations with painted rims, nose extends above protruding eyebrows.
Arms are thin and curved (slip restored) facial decorations and garments are painted with geometric patterns, with parallel vertical lines.
Subject: Clay Seated Figure Of A Man
Dimensions: Height 11½ inches Width 7¼ inches
Current Location: Queensland, Australia
Pottery is one of the oldest materials for sculpture, as well as clay being the medium.
The Pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continent, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during the Early Modern period.
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