#colima

[dystopianroach]

Thinking about the Colima Spider Vessel. they really captured her humble expression

[thatshowthingstarted]

Colima spider-shaped vessel, Late Pre-Classic period, ca. 300 BC–300 AD,

Crafted from terracotta with a reddish-brown slip.

Length 9 1/4in (24cm)

Photo Credit: Bonhams.

[memories-of-ancients]

It's early in the morning and I'm wishing I had a time machine so that I could go back in time to the Peruvian Moche culture circa 1st to 8th century so I could tell their pottery makers how much I love their ceramics. Mayhaps even buy a piece for my collection.

Ditto Colima culture of Mexico and their ceramic puppers

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Dog Effigy.

Culture: Colima

Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 300

Medium: Earthenware, red slip with black paint.

[moodboardmix]

Taller Di Frenna Arquitectos, Colinas de Santa Fe, Colima, Mexico

Courtesy: Di Frenna Arquitectos

Photography: Onnis Luque

[bronzeageecho]

female dog with corn cob | c. 300 BCE - 600 CE | found in colima, méxico; shaft tombs culture

in the museo amparo collection

[bastrod]

El Chanal Rain God in combat, based on the El Chanal Rain God Vessel

[allureauctioneersnyc]

Ancient Pre Columbian Colima Jalisco, Tuxcacuesco Flat Body Figure, 300 BCE to 300 AD, West Mexico, Mesoamerican Tomb Burial Art

Here: https://www.etsy.com/AllureAuctioneers/listing/4457471020

Dimensions, 4.5 x 8.5 inches, equivalent 11.4 cm x 21.6 cm. All measurements are approximate. Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000. Currently private NYC. For a similar figure see Museo Amparo, registration number 52 22 MA FA 57PJ 850 2.

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima; Jalisco, Tuxcacuesco region, dated as circa 300 BCE to 300 CE (AD). A compelling West Mexican terracotta figure, from the Tuxcacuesco region of Jalisco, standing with a tall, elongated head, flaring torso, and sharply pointed legs. His long nose, pierced ears, and rhythmic incised bands across the chest speak to the stylized, almost surreal aesthetic characteristic of Jalisco sculptors. He is explicitly male, depicted with an erect phallus, a motif understood to signal fertility, virility, and ancestral potency. Figures of this type often served as guardians or generative symbols within tomb assemblages, their exaggerated features enhancing their presence in the ritual landscape. It is suggested that these figurines represented upper class, elite women or men.

These pieces lack a neck. For this reason, a choker helps to unite the head with the torso, usually made up of two or three curved strips.

The torso is square and from the upper part come two conical shapes representing the arms. There might be some strips, simulating a bracelet. Likewise, between the arms and the chest two spheres were placed, pretending the person's chest. From the torso, two cones come out, which represent the legs and they are often decorated with incised lines. A couple of lines come out from between the legs towards every corner.