Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Ameca type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large-scale, bichrome pottery Jalisco standing warrior figure, gripping an intimidating club fitted with spikey maceheads with both hands (and nicely modeled fingers) and holding it across his chest. This fierce warrior is dressed for battle, wearing a horned helmet and barrel shaped armor (perhaps a form that inspiration for the term 'barrel chested'), and addressing the viewer with a no-nonsense, "take no prisoners" attitude. His determined visage is finely delineated with almond-shaped bulging eyes, a relatively naturalistic nose, an open mouth, and ears adorned with shell ornaments. Other intriguing details include his elaborately incised and applied pectoral, beautifully slip decorated armor with stylized geometrics, very large feet, and revealed male genitalia. This figure stood guard in a shaft tomb, placed so that it was facing outward around the perimeter of the tomb. Some scholars have theorized that this symbolically depicted a continuum between the worlds of the living and the dead. A brawny, militant protector with serious attitude from the ancients of West Mexico. Nice manganese deposits as well. Size: 9.5" W x 20" H (24.1 cm x 50.8 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Young collection, New Hampshire

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