A Colima Seated Shaman Figure, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ceramics Condition: Multiple restorations

Condition:  Multiple restorations

it represents the batensoda fish (Synodontus batensoda)- a type of catfish that swims upside down and catches bugs that fall on the surface of the water

a common African variety whose name means "pointed nose

marble statues of children emerged as a popular genre

However decapitation occurred

A Colima Seated Shaman Figure, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ceramics Condition: Multiple restorationsCovered in a two toned red brown slip, a seated male shaman figure resting both hands on his splayed legs, his head facing forward with incised almond shaped eyes, a long nose, slashed mouth, and incised ear holes, wearing an incised headband with chin strap, wrapped around a central shamans horn, and incised loincloth. The horn suggests figures such as these may be shaman figures communicating between the living and the dead, although they may also