Squatting Hunchback
Artist/Maker
Colima
(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
Terms
Object number77.324.041
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.On View
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