A Nayarit female figure

A terracotta figure of a standing female figure. Both hands on her abdomen. She is wearing a nose ornament, large ear plugs and a conical headgear. Terracotta with a red slib, polished and painted with white paint. West – Mexico, Nayarit/Ixtlán del Rio style, 200 BC – 300 CE.

Literature
‘From coast to coast, Pre-Columbian sculptures from Mesoamerica’, 1993, page 305.

Provenance
Ex private collection mr. W. Rhoon, Eindhoven, collected in Mexico before 1984.

Size
Height 22 cm, width, 8,5 cm.

Price
€ 1400,–

Condition
Good. no repairs, some wear of old age, nice patina of old age.