Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure the fragment displays a stylized

the fragment displays a stylized feline form with expressive facial features and a naturally weathered surface bearing mineral encrustations and centuries of age

and areas of calcification

Small bit of glue residue that can be removed from soaking in water

The figure is rendered in a stylized standing form

Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure the fragment displays a stylizedWest Mexico, Nayarit Culture Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE 250 CE Height: 5 1 4 inches Provenance: Ex Auction at Showplace, New York; acquired from a Private New York Collection A finely modeled standing pottery figure from the Nayarit culture of West Mexico, depicted in a frontal stance with arms bent and resting across the torso. The figure stands on short, rounded legs with a broad, compact body and pronounced chest. The head features a