Colima
Figure holding fan and reeds
Colima, 300
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Jaegal Foundation, Baltimore, George and Julianne Alderman
Object Number
1999.184.21
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 stick-like bundle (may be a rattle, bundle of feathers, reeds). The figure is attired in a striped shirt and loincloth with rectangular tie. The performer's headdress consists of a helmet and mask. The mask resembles a round human face set in the center of a solar disk. Hair locks emerge from the sides of the mask.
George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore