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Pacific Coast region (Mexico),
Nayarit
Standing Figure
200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Ceramic and pigment
28 inches high, 5-1/2 inches wide
The John R. Van Derlip Fund
47.2.30
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Resources on the World Wide Web
Resources in Print
Berjonneau, Gérald and Jean-Louis Sonnery. Precolumbian Art:
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras. Boulogne, France: Editions Arts, 1985.
Furst, Peter T. "West Mexican Mortuary Art: A Look Back."
Studio Potter 16, no. 1 (December 1987): 39-46.
Kan, Michael, Clement Meighan, and H. B. Nicholson. Sculpture of
Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima. Los Angeles: Los
Angeles County Museum of Art in association with University of New Mexico
Press, 1989.
Smith, Bradley. Mexico: A History in Art. Garden City, New York:
Doubleday & Company, 1968.
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