Seated Male Ancestor
1st–4th century
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
H. 19 3/4 × W. 12 1/4 × D. 10 1/8 in. (50.2 × 31.1 × 25.7 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Sculpture
Culture
Nayarit
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The Andrall and Joanne Pearson Collection, 2005
Accession Number
2005.91.2
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Nayarit artist(s)
**Nayarit artist(s)** were anonymous creators working in the ancient ceramic traditions of West Mexico, particularly in the modern state of Nayarit. Active primarily during the Late Formative to Early Classic periods (roughly 300 BCE–400 CE), these artisans produced hollow ceramic figures and narrative models as funerary offerings placed in shaft-and-chamber tombs. Their works form one of the most...