Colima Ceramic Figurines

Made of terracotta clay and fired it represents one of the native hairless dogs of the region and was intended for multiple uses.

Colima ceramic figurines.

Ceramics pottery metalworking. Colima culture flourished from 200 bce until 500 ce. Colima is particularly known for its wide range of animal especially dog figurines. Colima ceramics can be identified by their smooth round forms and their warm brown red slip.

Seated hunchbacked dwarf a d. Human subjects within the colima style are more mannered and less exuberant than other shaft tomb figurines. Vtg aztec colombian 7 figurine mexico carved clay pottery hand painted colima man. Figure of a dog a d.

The ceramic dog figure figure 1 comes from the west mexican site of colima during the late formative period 300 bc 300 ad. Acrobat colima mesoamerican objects in the american museum of natural history dsc06018 jpg 3 558 2 566. Margaret bunson and stephen bunson in their encyclopedia of ancient mesoamerica report. Colima ceramic figurines 200 bce 500 ce at the penn museum jpg 3 456 4 608.

1 55 mb colima figurine 1 museo de américa jpg 590 915. 5 out of 5 stars 171 171 reviews 68 00. The colima artists created large hollow figurines. Favorite add to mexican folk art figurine.

Figure of a seated chieftain 100 b c. Circular pendant 200 b c a d. 10 31 mb colima effigy vessel jpg 1 311 2 478.