Colima Ceramic Standing Figure, Based

Hands on hips, brow furrowed, and a face that has heard enough.

This standing figure, based, is Colima, from West Mexico, Mexico, and dates to 100 BCE to 300 CE. It is terra cotta. Colima clay figures were made in great numbers and were often placed in shaft tombs, though their precise meaning is still debated. This one is flat and slab-like, with a rounded head scored by incised lines. Squarish ringed eyes sit under a heavy brow, and incised lines cross the chest. The arms bend to rest on the hips, and the short legs end without feet. It is 1.75 inches wide, 2.5 deep and 6 high.

Small, sure of itself, and not about to be hurried.