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Pre-Columbian Stone Figure, Mezcala Type M2
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Pre AD 1000 item# 618924
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This is an exceptionally rare Type M2 figure from the Mezcala region of Guerrero, Mexico. This type represents the earliest form of stone figure from Mezcala, which were invariably produced in dark green diorite. All early Mezcala figures were formed by abraiding existing axe heads into human shapes, with the original butt of the axe forming the head and the original blade end adapted into the feet of the figure. Therefore, almost all M2 figures, like this one, are unworked and rough on the top ...click for details
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Pre-Columbian Colima Seated Figure
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Pre AD 1000 item# 595651
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Colima is one of the tiniest modern states in Mexico, located in the west-central region bordering the Pacific Ocean. Archaeologists refer to the culture that flourished there in ancient times by its modern name since very little information is known about the people themselves. In comparison with the high civilizations of the Olmecs, Maya, and Aztecs, the Colima culture - and other West Mexican sites such as Nayarit, Jalisco, and Mezcala - remains shadowed in relative obscurity. The geography o ...click for details
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Rare Pre-Columbian Olmec/Olmecoid Figurine
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Pre AD 1000 item# 590668
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This powerful little creamware figure was created by the Olmec during the Early Formative period. The Olmec culture occupied the southern region of modern Mexico, although their influence on contemporary and later Central American cultures was much more widespread. They dominated this region from roughly 1200-400 B.C. Among their many accomplishments, the Olmec are credited with developing the first writing system in the Americas and may have independently grasped the concept of zero. Importantl ...click for details
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Pre-Columbian Colima Seated Figure
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Regional Art:
Americas:
Pre Columbian:
Pre AD 1000 item# 588844
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
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Colima is one of the tiniest modern states in Mexico, located in the west-central region bordering the Pacific Ocean. Archaeologists refer to the culture that flourished there in ancient times by its modern name since very little information is known about the people themselves. In comparison with the high civilizations of the Olmecs, Maya, and Aztecs, the Colima culture - and other West Mexican sites such as Nayarit, Jalisco, and Mezcala - remains shadowed in relative obscurity. The geography o ...click for details
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