Colima Kneeling Female Figure with Licking Feline

A figure with a long beak of a nose holds a cat to its face, and the cat is licking back.

This kneeling female figure with licking feline is Colima, from West Mexico, Mexico, and dates to 100 BCE to 300 CE, in terra cotta. Animals appear often in the clay figures of western Mexico. The figure here is tall and narrow in the head, with a banded cap and a long straight nose. One arm curls up to hold a small feline with open mouth. Red slip shows in bands across the pale clay at the cap, shoulders and hips. It is 2 inches wide, 1 deep and 5 high.

An affectionate scene, and a very proud cat.