Pre-Columbian Colima Seated Drummer with Ocarina Headdress
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A charming and rare West Mexican terracotta figurine from the shaft tomb tradition, depicting a musician seated on the ground and intensely engaged in playing an upright cylindrical drum. The figure features traditional expressive facial features with coffee-bean eyes, a prominent nose, and parted lips, wearing a thick layered collar necklace and a specialized conical headdress engineered as an ocarina whistle. The dark manganese-mottled reddish-brown clay exhibits an authentic aged surface texture, complete with scattered rootlet marks and mineral encrustations testifying to its ancient burial.
Dimensions: Height: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Provenance: Los Angeles Collection
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