Pre-Columbian Nayarit Seated drummer figure shown here with a calm

shown here with a calm

acquired from a private CA

Provenance:Private Collection

An expressive and highly sculptural example of Maya stone carving with strong visual presence from all angles

Some light paint touch up around the rim

Pre-Columbian Nayarit Seated drummer figure shown here with a calmWest Mexico, Shaft Tomb Tradition, ca. 300 BCE 300 CE. A striking and evocative ceramic figure from the Nayarit culture of ancient West Mexico, depicting a kneeling musician poised in quiet concentration over a large drum. The figure sits with legs folded beneath the body, hands placed firmly atop the instrument, capturing a moment of ceremonial performance frozen in clay for over two millennia. The sculptural treatment is quintessentially Nayarit: an