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House Group, the evening meal; polychrome; terra cotta group representing a two-story house with canopy roof on piles and 11 figures occupied with various household tasks on two levels an upper terace and a lower, enclosed room with a wide doorway; on each of two sides a stairway of five steps leads from the base to the upper level; the surface is decorated in polychrome (red, yellow, black) with geometric designs lozenges interlocked and wavy stripes; the piece is much weathered and has been extensively restored

House Group, c. 100-400

Nayarit

G260

standing figure, heroic size; figure is bulky, with beast-like feet slightly arched, and stunted arms, the left bent, hand on stomach, the right bent up to hold a jar on the right shoulder; narrow head with long pointed chin, large hooked nose with plug, bulbous eyes, and huge round ear plugs pierced in the center; the figure wears a flat band headdress, bracelets, an epaulette on the left shoulder, and a sashed skirt with geometric patterns painted in polychrome; details of body also painted

Figure, c. 100-200

Nayarit

G260

figure seated with PL leg drawn under body and PR knee bent up with foot down; figure rests PL "hand" on PR knee and PR forearm on same knee, "hand" on cheek; very thin long arms; thick legs; figure wears loincloth type of garment with crosshatching in dark brown; triangular shaped face with large pointed nose and small open mouth; brown short hair; delineated spine and arcing lines on sides of body--ribs?; hole at top back of head

Seated Figure, 100 BCE - 250 CE

Nayarit

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seated stylized figure with tapering, bowling pin-shaped legs splayed out; very short, small arms with hands on hips; rather flat head; bulbous nose which may have carved ring between nostrils; small smiling mouth; three red lines from forehead over each eye and across cheeks; black diagonal stripes on upper body and diagonal crosshatching on lower body; red lower legs; hole at top back of head

Seated Figure, 100 BCE - 250 CE

Nayarit

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seated ball player; polychrome figure seated with legs crossed, left hand resting on left knee, and ball held in front of breast in right hand; the figure wears a modelled loin cloth, a band at the neck, flat twisted turban, and large ear plugs with pendant ends; the tattooing of face and body represented by geometric designs in polychrome; the face wears the comic expression and tentative smile often found in the figures of Nayarit, and the arms and legs are characteristically stunted

Figure, 200 BCE - 400 CE

Nayarit

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Seated, two-legged figure with tail. Two animal heads in relief project from shoulders in back, and a small animal, possibly a dog, stands astride the brimmed hat worn by the figure. A bar is held out in front of the body in hands that have no form. This bar, possibly a musical instrument, and details of the costume, are painted in red and cream stripes and dots on a reddish pottery ground. Wooden stand. Close to 'Ixtlan del Rio' type.

Seated two-legged figure with tail, c. 500

Nayarit

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Figure vessel with heart shaped head; dots on shoulders; arms resting on stomach; legs are rounded off at knee; has what appear to be breasts; Reddish brown and tan in color. Appears to have once had decorative pattern with band around her middle section.

Chinesca figure, c. 1000 BCE

Nayarit

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Ceramic bird with round object in mouth, painted red with white/gray highlights.

Parrot, 1st-5th century

Nayarit

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Ceremonial jug player, ceramic with white slip, Mexican (Nayarit) 200-400AD cat. card dims H 3-1/2 x W 3-1/2'

Ceremonial jug player, 3rd-5th century

Nayarit

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Figure carrying vessel, ceramic, Mexican (Nayarit) 200-400AD cat. card dims H 3-1/2 x W 3-1/4'

Figure, 3rd-5th century

Nayarit

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seated dog with tail curling down, Chinesca style, standard belly indentation; beige clay with burnished cream slip, heavy incrustations, on backside large area is darker- possibly due to firing.

Seated dog, 250 BCE - 200 CE

Nayarit

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bowl, with red slip dot and circle pattern. also rim band; traces of grey slip interlacing band and circle design on outside of bottom; burnished buff clay; Chinesco? Three pieces broken from side of bowl in area 3-3/4 x 1-3/4 in.

Bowl, 3rd-5th century

Nayarit

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Round-bodied jar with straight neck and wide mouth; fluted design on body

Jar, 100-300

Nayarit

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Standing male figure, with whip handle in proper right arm wrapping around behind back to proper left arm. Whip, outline of head, and garment around figures waist are red. Black diamond shapes over each eye.

Male figure with a whip, 200 BCE - 400 CE

Nayarit

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Figure of a seated drummer, earthenware, Mexico, Nayarit, 200-400AD

Figure, 200-500

Nayarit

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Figurine, drum player, wearing a flaring headdress with a large trumpet shaped projection in front. Features, earrings and details of the costume achieved by ribbons of clay applied on surface of figure. Close to 'Ixtlan del Rio' type.

Drum player, c. 500

Nayarit

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Figure of a drummer. Standing figure with fantastic beak-nosed face, mop-like headdress, and disk earrings. The arms are bent at the elbow and rest on a high cylindrical drum decorated with zigzag stripes in yellow and white on a dark red ground. Painted detail on upper body.

Figure, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE

Nayarit

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standing male figure, arms held to sides with applique headdress, Chinesco style, red stripes on buff earthenware,

Standing male figure, 250 BCE - 200 CE

Nayarit

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bulbous bodied bowl, buff earthenware with burnished red slip, white painted dots and linear designs, Chinesca style. Black spot on shoulder of bowl.

Bulbous bodied bowl, 3rd century BCE - 3rd century CE

Nayarit

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Standing Female Figure with Bowl on Head, Chinesco type; burnished red slip with traces of black and yellow pigments; ceramic, West Mexican, 250BC - 300AD NO PHOTO ON CAT. CARD cat. card dims H 5-1/2'

Standing female figure with bowl on head, 250 BCE - 300 CE

Nayarit

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Standing Female Figure, hollow with open head, buff clay with traces of red pigment, West Mexican (Nayarit), 100BC-250AD NO PHOTO ON CAT. CARD cat. card dims H 5-5/8'

Standing female figure, 100 BCE - 250 CE

Nayarit

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Horned Toad Bowl, ceramic, West Mexican (Nayarit), 100BC - 250AD NO PHOTO ON CAT. CARD cat. card dims H 5-1/2'. Clay, red slip, black designs.

Horned toad bowl, 100 BCE - 250 CE

Nayarit

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Seated Warrior wearing cape, ceramic, burnished red slip, West Mexican (Nayarit), 250BC - 300AD NO PHOTO ON CAT. CARD cat. card dims H 6-1/2'

Seated warrior, 250 BCE - 300 CE

Nayarit

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standing female figure, clay with red and black pigments, West Mexican (Nayarit), 100-500AD cat. card dims H 8-1/2 x W 4'

Standing Female Figure, 100-600

Nayarit

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seated figure, clay with red, white and black pigments, West Mexican (Nayarit or Ixtlan), 100-500AD cat. card dims H 9-3/4 x W 6-1/2'

Seated Figure, 100-600

Nayarit

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Figure on stool, clay with burnished red slip, West Mexican (Nayarit), 100 - 500AD

Figure on stool, 100-600

Nayarit

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seated male figure (sheep face), ceramic, West Mexican (Nayarit), 100-500AD cat. card dims H 6-1/2 x W 4'

Figure, 100-600

Nayarit

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carved stone; red lozenge-shaped beads alternating with small grey and red standing figures; mounted horizontally under plexi

Necklace, 100 BCE - 250 CE

Nayarit

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Droll figure of a man wearing loin cloth breeches, coiled collar, scalloped nose plug, and ear pendants, and carrying a flat percussion instrument on left arm and notched drum stick in right hand. These instruments recall those used in rhumba music. The cheeks of the figure are pierced for a reed, and the figure itself represents one of a group which participated in a game or dance. The workmanship is heavy and primitive, but the bending figure is spirited in expression. Painted decoration badly weathered.

Figure with Spear and Shield, 100

Nayarit and Jalisco

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Mother and Child, ceramic, West Mexican (Nayarit/Jalisco), 200BC - 200AD POSSIBLY A FAKE

Mother and child, 3rd century BCE - 3rd century CE

Nayarit and Jalisco

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