Colima Standing Female Figure, Based

Arms hanging, knees wobbling, and a speckled complexion that suggests a long afternoon.

This standing female figure on a base from the Colima people is Colima, from West Mexico, Mexico. It is terra cotta. Shaft tomb figures from West Mexico are often interpreted as part of funerary offerings, though scholars differ about the exact meanings of many of them. Standing figure with a smooth round head, tiny pinched nose, and loose arms held away from the body. The legs are thin and slightly bowed. The buff surface is freckled with dark spots, and it rests on a black mount. It is 3 inches wide, 2 deep and 6 high.

Wobbly on its legs and thoroughly endearing.