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Nayarit

Seated Chief Figure

Nayarit, 300

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Seated Chief Figure

Nayarit

Seated Chief Figure

Nayarit

Seated Chief Figure

Nayarit, 300

Physical Qualities Ceramic, 21 x 11 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. (53.4 x 30 x 27 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1960.30.20
Seated chief on throne bears beard, multiple ear piercings and nose rings. Both shoulders show scarification (circular bumps); vertical scars on either side of mouth indicative of cheek piercing scars. Chief holds baton or tube in right hand whcih is held close to his shoulder.
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
"The Wurtzburger Collection Pre-Columbian Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1958, pp. 11, 18, ill. p. 20, cat. 20, p. 42.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Brochure and Floor Plan, (undated but pre-1998), ill.
Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
On View: Ancient Americas

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