Mexico, Jalisco
Circa 200 AD
Ceramic
Height: 11 in (27.9 cm), Width: 5½ in (14 cm), Depth: 5¼ in (13.3 cm)
Provenance: Personal collection of Norman Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jalisco standing figures with raised arms are interpreted within the shaft tomb tradition of West Mexico as representations of ritual specialists, shamans, or individuals in states of ceremonial animation. The raised arm posture is distinct from the more static standing or seated types and suggests active engagement in ritual performance, possibly song, dance, or invocation. Norman Hurst, Cambridge, was one of the notable American dealers and collectors of Pre-Columbian art whose holdings included material across multiple Mesoamerican and Andean traditions.
This figure stands with both arms raised and hands extended, wearing a flat-topped cylindrical headdress and displaying the elongated torso and direct facial modeling characteristic of Jalisco production of the period. The surface is unrestored and intact, with earth tone patination consistent with burial context and no modern intervention to the ceramic body or slip. The combination of scale, intact condition, and named single-owner provenance gives this piece a clear and straightforward collecting history.
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Mexico, Jalisco
Circa 200 AD
Ceramic
Height: 11 in (27.9 cm), Width: 5½ in (14 cm), Depth: 5¼ in (13.3 cm)
Provenance: Personal collection of Norman Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jalisco standing figures with raised arms are interpreted within the shaft tomb tradition of West Mexico as representations of ritual specialists, shamans, or individuals in states of ceremonial animation. The raised arm posture is distinct from the more static standing or seated types and suggests active engagement in ritual performance, possibly song, dance, or invocation. Norman Hurst, Cambridge, was one of the notable American dealers and collectors of Pre-Columbian art whose holdings included material across multiple Mesoamerican and Andean traditions.
This figure stands with both arms raised and hands extended, wearing a flat-topped cylindrical headdress and displaying the elongated torso and direct facial modeling characteristic of Jalisco production of the period. The surface is unrestored and intact, with earth tone patination consistent with burial context and no modern intervention to the ceramic body or slip. The combination of scale, intact condition, and named single-owner provenance gives this piece a clear and straightforward collecting history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
