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Squatting Hunchback
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Squatting Hunchback

Artist/Maker (Pacific Coast, Mexico)
Dateca. 300 BCE-300 CE
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (10.8 x 7.3 x 9.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineCollection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    Object number77.324.041
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    DescriptionThis hand-modelled hunchback figurine is part f a major subgroup of Colima ceramics. Such figure types, which include dwarfs, were believed to have shamanic powers. According to early chroniclers, they were given special societal status with servants to care for them.

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