tribal art
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colima dog with TL test
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1074223
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
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a beautiful colima dog from an old collection The clay figures , who are called izcuintlis, have a highly polished rich warm red color. They are believed to represent the deity Xolotl, in his role as guider of souls in the underworld and also provide some symbolic food for the departed on his or her journey. Dogs played an important part in the diet of Indian tribes in much of Mexico, and the izcuintlis invariably have appropriately corpulent bodies. The hairless Xoloitzcuintli was common in pre ...click for details
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