Precolumbian sculpture, Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico
Seated male figure holding staff or club, ceramic sculpture, Nayarit culture, late Pre-classic period, 1250 BC - 200 AD, from west Mexico, in the Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico Rufino Tamayo, a museum of pre-columbian art founded 1974, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Male and female figures like this were placed in tombs to accompany the dead to the afterlife. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14166399
Media ID
48658767
Size
5053px x 7087px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
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