Standing Warrior Figurine

Culture: Nayarit
Period: Late Formative period, c.300 BCE–300 CE
Date: c.200 BCE–300 CE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
made in: Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, sculpture
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: height: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Credit Line: Friends Endowment Fund
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 83:1978

- 1978
Shango Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Shango Gallery [1]

Notes:
[1] Shango Galleries invoice dated May 5, 1978 documents the purchase of this work, identified as "Miniature Nayarit Warrior" [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, July 13, 1978.

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