Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure jaguar imagery on funerary containers

jaguar imagery on funerary containers reflected the community’s desire to connect the deceased with supernatural forces and cycles of rebirth

surface wear and glaze loss consistent with age

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Such censer stands were used in Maya ritual ceremonies to elevate incense burners containing copal resin

The piece exhibits attractive age-related surface weathering and burial deposits consistent with antiquity

Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure jaguar imagery on funerary containersPre Columbian Nayarit San Sebastin Pottery Figure Western Mexico, ca. 100 BCE250 CE Height: 18 3 4 in. (47. 6 cm) Large and impressive hollow pottery figure from the San Sebastin tradition of ancient Nayarit, depicting a standing female figure with hands resting upon the abdomen. The figure wears a distinctive headdress, circular ear ornaments, and a neck collar, while retaining traces of red slip and darker mineralized surface deposits developed over