Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure The figure is rendered in

The figure is rendered in a stylized standing form

The surface exhibits natural earthen encrustation with traces of remaining pigment

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Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure The figure is rendered inWest Mexico, Nayarit Culture Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE 250 CE Height: 5 1 4 inches Provenance: Ex Auction at Showplace, New York; acquired from a Private New York Collection A finely modeled standing pottery figure from the Nayarit culture of West Mexico, depicted in a frontal stance with arms bent and resting across the torso. The figure stands on short, rounded legs with a broad, compact body and pronounced chest. The head features a