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Nayrit Double-Headed Jar, Pre-Columbian West Mexico browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000: item # 719877
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Conjoined bodies or double heads are common motifs in Pre-Columbian West Mexico thought to represent duality or transformation. This small jar shows two figures whose body forms a small, round jar with a narrow opening on top. The posture of the figures and the positioning of their hands is ambiguous, but it appears that each is trying to push away from the jar and break free from each other.
AGE: 200 BC - 250 AD CONDITION: As shown in the photos, the hair of one face has been reattached with the breakline visible. Otherwise, the jar is intact and in good shape. DIMENSIONS: 4.6" long and 2" tall (11.68 cm and 5.08 cm, respectively) |
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