COLIMA WARRIOR

PROTOCLASSIC, CA. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

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COLIMA WARRIOR
PROTOCLASSIC, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250
seated in a defensive pose with bent legs to the side, head turned sharply to the left, holding a long club in his lap, the face tilted upward with lips drawn, wearing a shirt and peaked cap, and painted overall in reddish brown.
Height 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm.)

Provenance

David Stuart, 1963

Exhibited

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1971-1972
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972-1973

Lot Essay

Cf. Offerings for a New Life, pl. 3

The armed figure most probably a tomb guardian in a defensive pose turning symbolically to the left which was considered the direction that evil and danger originate from.

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