Colima
Figure holding fan and feathers
Colima, 300
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Jaegal Foundation, Baltimore, George and Julianne Alderman
Object Number
1999.184.18
One of 23 figures grouped as a troop of ritual dancers. This example is shown with outstretched arms; the proper right hand grasps a "fan", the left hand, a rattle. The performer's headdress consists of a helmet with mask. The mask resembles a duck's bill and face. The tip of the bill is slightly chipped. From the crest of the headdress, five feather plumes emerge. Three projections emanate from both sides of the duck's head where the ears would be. The top of the duck's head shows a mound of tiny clay spheres of unknown significance. A triangular cape or pectoral hangs from the performer's shoulders. It is incised with a criss-cross motif. See also 1999.184.007.
George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore