NAYARIT SEATED COUPLE, Ixtlán del Rio style, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

the family group with the female nursing an infant and holding a small square vessel, the male holding a ball, their compact  forms with diminutive legs folded, adorned with large multiple jewelry and resist body tattoos, the female in a striped skirt and patterned headband, the male with peaked turban, animal pelt headband, and trunks.

Acquired before 1970

Both overall very good, appear intact , minor loss on female of left foot.
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Cf. Butterwick (2004: cat. no. 35), for the Ixtlán couple type.