Lot 2077
Pre-Columbian Nayarit Clay Male Figure
Sold June 27, 2025
- Price realized
- $170
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $200-400
Origin: Pre-Columbian Nayarit, Mexico Area, ca. 100 BCE-200 CE.
Dimensions: 8.5×3.5×13 in.
Condition: Its one arm is fully broken off and the other arm stretched attached to the front of the body, but its hand is broken off. It has heavy cracking around its shoulder, and may have been repaired. Also has general wear and scuffs. Some of the paint has worn away.
Additional Information: A clay believed to be terracotta hand built bichrome standing figure that is believed to be nude with painted white, orange, and black patterns and embellishments. Its nose is characteristically prominent with a nose ring, and it has multiple rings in its ears. It has a smiling face with its teeth showing and a patterned cap.
These figures are known to be from the Nayarit region on Mexico’s western coast. The Pre-Columbian cultures of Western Mexico from Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco and Michoacan would construct and dig deep shaft graves into the dry, arid earth and hold mass mortuary ceremonies where the dead were placed into the walls of these shafts. The base would open into other various chambers and were often dug beneath a dwelling or family. They would often house the remains of related family remains. Figural sculptures such as this Nayarit figure were placed along side the dead on order to accompany them to the afterlife.
Lot details
- Lot
- 2077
- Closed
- June 27, 2025
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