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LOT 2476
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Colima Drum Player
100 B.C.-250 A.D.
5 3/4 in. (346 grams, 14.6 cm).
Modelled in the round as a seated male playing a drum, wearing a pointed cap, ear plugs and a necklace, sitting with both hands resting on the edge of the drum. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a USA private collection.
Ex Dr David Harner collection, Arkansas, 1950s-1960s.
Ex TimesAncient, Bristol, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue entry.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
For a similar sculpture, see Kan, Meighan and Nicholson, Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, A catalogue of the Proctor Stafford Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, fig 143; for a short and informative essay on hand modelled Colima figures, see Pearsons, L., Pre Columbian Art, The Morton D May and The Saint Louis Art Museum Collections, 1980, Harper and Row, New York, p.88.
Footnotes
Hand modelled early Colima figures are famed for their variety and insight into how the Colima lived thousands of years ago. Figures were hand modelled and show both men and women partaking in daily activities in addition to the shaman and dancers engaged in religious ceremonies.
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