Colima Standing Figure with Vessel

Comala style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

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December 12, 04:12 PM GMT

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5,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Property from a European Private Collection

Colima Standing Figure with Vessel

Comala style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

Height: 14 ¾ in (37.5 cm)

David Stuart, Los Angeles

European Private Collection, acquired from the above on July 25, 1970

Thence by descent

The cargador figure leans forward with both hands holding the tumpline around his head, supporting the large spouted jar on his back. His pensive expression of deeply slit wide eyes and set mouth is typical of the burden carrier figures. The genre of figures with vessels carried by the tumpline, is a testament to the importance of trading and transporting the wide variety but preciously limited, natural resources available within the diverse ecosystems of ancient West Mexico.

For the figure type, see Richard F. Townsend, ed., Ancient West Mexico, Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, Chicago, 1998, p. 207, fig. 6.

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