Jalisco Figure on a Stool, Pihuamo style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
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October 6, 02:17 PM GMT
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5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Jalisco Figure on a Stool, Pihuamo style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
Height: 19 ⅞ in (50.5 cm)
Acquired by 1971 (listed as no. 68 in the September 10, 1973 appraisal of the collection)
This large youthful figure rests atop a small four-legged stool, significant of his elevated status, as do the detailed clothing, headdress, and jewelry. A small ceremonial bowl balances on the knee. His confident demeanor is evident in the focused expression characteristic of the Pihuamo style (so-called from a region of the Jalisco and Colima border), with large coffee-bean style eyes, pursed lips, and a slender nose. Ornaments include the armbands, nosebead, varied bead necklace, and headstraps adorned with conical and ridge elements, likely shells.
For the Pihuamo style, see Hasso von Winning, Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico, Los Angeles, 1974, pp. 178-179, figs. 332-337.
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