Pre-Columbian Art / Jalisco Sculpture of a Seated Man Holding an Object in his Mouth, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
PF.0962
Elaborately bejeweled and turbaned, this elegant fellow holds a mysterious object to his mouth. Is it a musical instrument like a flute? Or food, part of the funerary feast? That...
Elaborately bejeweled and turbaned, this elegant fellow holds a mysterious object to his mouth. Is it a musical instrument like a flute? Or food, part of the funerary feast? That is both his charm and his secret: while he seems perfectly at ease in our own world, he is clearly from a place which is exotic and completely different.