Colima Pre-Columbian Head Fragment

A small, serious head with a banded forehead and dot-pierced eyes, perched on a black block.

This pre-columbian head fragment is Colima, from West Mexico, Mexico. It is terra cotta. Colima ceramics are generally made of slab and coil built terra cotta with a polished red slip, and they often show people and animals in a lively, naturalistic style. A rough, orange-brown head with a flat headband, a prominent triangular nose, and small round holes for eyes and mouth. One ear bulges at the side, and the shoulders end abruptly at a chunky base. It is 3 inches wide, 2 deep and 3 high.

Wide-eyed, narrow-lipped, and clearly unimpressed by everything.