A terracotta figure in salmon-buff colour pottery of a standing person, decorated with additional black painted striped decoration holding a child in front with both arms. The person wears a decorative cap, ear plugs, armbands and a necklace, has well modelled facial details, and wears a loin cloth around the waist. Of the Tuxcacuesco-Ortices type.
Supplied with a simple perspex T-stand.
Pre-Columbian West Mexico, Colima culture: Circa 100 BC - 250 AD.
Very Fine condition: complete and intact.
Height 17.3 cms (6.8 ins)
Provenance: US. private collection. Ex. Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, 1950's - 1960's
Colima terracottas are primarily known from grave goods found in shaft tombs, suggesting a deep connection to ritual and the afterlife. These figures were most often placed in shaft tombs as funerary offerings. Their placement in tombs indicates they were meant to accompany the dead, providing companionship, protection, and provisions for their journey to the underworld. While often viewed as ritualistic, some figures also capture scenes of daily life, including people eating, drinking, or engaged in different activities.