Colima Terracotta Figure - DA.360,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 5.25" (13.3cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta.  More »

Colima Terracotta Figure - DA.360,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 5.25" (13.3cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta. There are many distinct groups within the agglomeration referred to as the Western Mexico Shaft Tomb (WMST) tradition, foremost among them the Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima. Their relationships are almost totally obscure due to the lack of contextual information. However, it is the artworks that are the most informative. All of the cultures encompassed under the WMST umbrella were in the habit of burying their dead in socially-stratified burial chambers at the base of deep shafts, which were in turn often topped by buildings. Originally believed to be influenced by the Tarascan people, who were contemporaries of the Aztecs, thermoluminescence has pushed back the dates of these groups over 1000 years.   « Less

Colima Terracotta Figure - DA.361,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 5.25" (13.3cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta.  More »

Colima Terracotta Figure - DA.361,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 5.25" (13.3cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta. There are many distinct groups within the agglomeration referred to as the Western Mexico Shaft Tomb (WMST) tradition, foremost among them the Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima. Their relationships are almost totally obscure due to the lack of contextual information. However, it is the artworks that are the most informative. All of the cultures encompassed under the WMST umbrella were in the habit of burying their dead in socially-stratified burial chambers at the base of deep shafts, which were in turn often topped by buildings. Originally believed to be influenced by the Tarascan people, who were contemporaries of the Aztecs, thermoluminescence has pushed back the dates of these groups over 1000 years.   « Less

Colima Terracotta Figure - DA.362,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta.  More »

Colima Terracotta Figure - DA.362,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta. There are many distinct groups within the agglomeration referred to as the Western Mexico Shaft Tomb (WMST) tradition, foremost among them the Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima. Their relationships are almost totally obscure due to the lack of contextual information. However, it is the artworks that are the most informative. All of the cultures encompassed under the WMST umbrella were in the habit of burying their dead in socially-stratified burial chambers at the base of deep shafts, which were in turn often topped by buildings. Originally believed to be influenced by the Tarascan people, who were contemporaries of the Aztecs, thermoluminescence has pushed back the dates of these groups over 1000 years.   « Less

Coahuayana Style Colima Standing Figure - DE.032,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 9" (22.9cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Coahuayana Style,Medium:  More »

Coahuayana Style Colima Standing Figure - DE.032,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 9" (22.9cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Coahuayana Style,Medium: Terracotta. The Colima are part of a group of archaeological cultures – known almost purely from their artworks – referred to as the Western Mexico Shaft Tomb (WMST) tradition. There are many distinct groups within this agglomeration, and their relationships are almost totally obscure due to the lack of contextual information. All of the cultures encompassed under the WMST nomenclature were in the habit of burying their dead in socially-stratified burial chambers at the base of deep shafts, which were in turn often topped by buildings. Originally believed to be influenced by the Tarascan people, who were contemporaries of the Aztecs, thermoluminescence has pushed back the dates of these groups over 1000 years. Although the apogee of this tradition was reached in the last centuries of the 1st millennium BC, it has its origins over 1000 years earlier at sites such as Huitzilapa and Teuchitlan, in the Jalisco region. Little is known of the cultures themselves, although preliminary data seems to suggest that they were sedentary agriculturists with social systems not dissimilar to chiefdoms. These cultures are especially interesting to students of Mesoamerican history as they seem to have been to a large extent outside the ebb and flow of more aggressive cultures – such as the Toltecs, Olmecs and Maya – in the same vicinity. Thus insulated from the perils of urbanization, they developed very much in isolation, and it behooves us to learn what we can from what they have left behind.   « Less

Colima Whistle in the Form of a Standing Figure - DJ.1114,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Extra  More »

Colima Whistle in the Form of a Standing Figure - DJ.1114,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Extra Fine.   « Less

Whistle in the Form of a Flute Player - DJ.1015,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 3" (7.6cm) high,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium:  More »

Whistle in the Form of a Flute Player - DJ.1015,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 3" (7.6cm) high,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Extra Fine.   « Less

Colima Standing Figure WIth WIngs - DJ.1017,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 ADDimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium:  More »

Colima Standing Figure WIth WIngs - DJ.1017,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 ADDimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Very Fine.   « Less

Colima Seated Figure - DJ.1020,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Extra  More »

Colima Seated Figure - DJ.1020,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Extra Fine.   « Less

Colima Standing Figure - DJ.1028,Origin: Mexico,Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Jalisco,Medium: Terra Cotta,Condition: Extra Fine.

Colima Standing Figure - DJ.1028,Origin: Mexico,Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high,Collection: Pre Columbian,Style: Jalisco,Medium: Terra Cotta,Condition: Extra Fine.   « Less

Whistle in the Form of a Bird - DJ.1031,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 3.25" (8.3cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium:  More »

Whistle in the Form of a Bird - DJ.1031,Origin: Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 3.25" (8.3cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Colima,Medium: Terracotta,Condition: Extra Fine.   « Less