Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure

Nayarit San Sebastian Seated Pottery Ancestor Figure

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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic period, circa 100 BCE–250 CE. 

Hand-built hollow terracotta with vent hole at crown of head, a seated figure modeled with elongated torso and legs drawn up, hands resting on the knees and arms forming open loops at the sides. Wearing a wide-brimmed headdress, single arm band on the left arm, and circular ear ornaments; head and headdress incised with fine striations. Overall surfaces with reddish-brown slip and traces of cream pigment.

Dimensions: 10.75 in (27.3 cm) high; 6.5 in (16.5 cm) wide; 4 in (10.2 cm) deep.
Condition: Surface weathering, scattered mineral deposits and encrustations; minor chips and abrasions to rim of headdress, hands, and extremities; otherwise intact and stable.

Provenance: Former New Jersey collection; underside marked “453.”

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