Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure Tlatilco Culture

Tlatilco Culture

medieval antiquities

This sculptural fragment preserves an expressive anthropomorphic face with elaborate headdress

surface wear and glaze loss consistent with age

Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure Tlatilco CulturePre Columbian Nayarit San Sebastin Pottery Figure Western Mexico, ca. 100 BCE250 CE Height: 18 3 4 in. (47. 6 cm) Large and impressive hollow pottery figure from the San Sebastin tradition of ancient Nayarit, depicting a standing female figure with hands resting upon the abdomen. The figure wears a distinctive headdress, circular ear ornaments, and a neck collar, while retaining traces of red slip and darker mineralized surface deposits developed over