Seated Figure with Curved Spine
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: Colima
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Medium: Earthenware with red slip
Dimensions:
height: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
width: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
depth: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The D. Joseph Judge, M.D. Collection, gift of the Judge Family
Object number: 2001.40.2
Provenance: ex-collection of D. Joseph Judge MD; with Nancy Muncer, Anniston, AL, and Mary Jo Judge, S. Station, AL, by 2001; by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2001.
Label Text
This earthware vessel portrays a male with a hunched back, a common theme of Colima art. Individuals with unique body forms were considered by the Colima to be important members of society, sometimes serving as ceremonial specialists such as shamans (Bernadette Cap, 2022).
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