Colima Standing Female Figure, Based

Arms crossed, necklace of bumps, and a look that says it has made its point.

This standing female figure, based, is Colima, from West Mexico, and dates to 100 BCE to 300 CE. It is terra cotta. Colima potters are generally known for modeled, hollow figures, and many were placed in shaft tombs in West Mexico. This one stands straight with folded arms, a band across the forehead and a round necklace of clay pellets. The body is a long, plain column, with a few small pellets at the waist. The buff clay is speckled with dark spots. A black base holds it upright. It is 2 inches wide and deep and 6 high.

A small figure with firm views.