Sculpture

ClassificationsSculpture

Culture West Mexican Shaft Tomb

Date200 BCE - 200 CE

Made AtNayarit, Mexico, Central America, North America

MediumCeramic and pigment

Dimensions4 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 4 in. (10.5 × 12.1 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Shaw

Object number77.92.5

DescriptionSculpture from the Nayarit Shaft Tomb peoples of Mexico. Four figures sit on a tripod platform around a pile of something, possibly corn. Figures are decorated with orange-red and black pigment stripes and cross-hatch designs.

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