Standing Male Figure

Culture: Colima
Period: Late Formative period, c.300 BCE–300 CE
Date: c.300 BCE–300 CE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
from: Colima state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, musical instruments, sculpture
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 in. (39 x 15.9 x 15.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 302:1978

- 1969
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA

1969 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated June 23, 1969 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "Archaic Colima figure w/ bells" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter from Morton D. May to James N. Wood dated September 29, 1978 includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.

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